From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-34smp i686) Description of problem: I am trying to make a backup tape of my disk using tar on my HP DAT drive After only a small number of files listed I ge t this error: tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now In the past, as far as I can tell, this used to work and I have made backups before. I do not understand why all of a sudeen it does not work now. I followed the directions listed in BUG number 61950 i.e. 1) edit /etc/modules.conf to change the driver name 2) recreate the initrd: mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.4.9-34smp.img 2.4.9-34smp but this did not help. Please inform me of what I need to do to get the driver to work. This problem happens all the time. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.tar cvf /dev/st0 lees 2. 3. Actual Results: .... lees/TDAT/ lees/TDAT/0764.1.1997.233.00.20.45 lees/TDAT/0764.4.1997.233.00.20.45 tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Expected Results: should have finished tarring Additional info: uname -a Linux love.geosci.unc.edu 2.4.9-34smp #1 SMP Sat Jun 1 06:15:25 EDT 2002 i686 unknown
Does this problem still exist in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or current Fedora Core release?
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