Not sure if this is a physical problem with my DAT drive (DDS2) or not. But I get it with a few different tapes: root at ttkd:~# tar -cvf /dev/st0 mail mail/ mail/sent-mail mail/saved-messages tar: /dev/st0: Warning: Cannot close: Input/output error root at ttkd:~# mt -f /dev/st0 rewind root at ttkd:~# tar -tvf /dev/st0 tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now root at ttkd:~# cpio -ict < /dev/st0 cpio: read error: Input/output error root at ttkd:~# mt -f /dev/st0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x13 (DDS (61000 bpi)). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN Any ideas? Do I need to bite the bullet and replace my drive? Or, am I doing tar and cpio commands incorrectly? The cpio command is there because I tried doing a cpio prior to this, and it failed as well. -- Shawn The difficult we do today; the impossible take a little longer. Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list