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tar is freezing my server

I am having trouble retreiving files from my tape archive. The archive usually consists of 4-5 volumes. I am using a hp dds3 drive.

If I execute:

Code:

tar -xvf /dev/st0 /mnt/public/CGI/Quality/Quality.xls

the file will be sucessfully extracted but tar will not exit afterwards. I cannot kill the process nor eject the tape. Eventually the system will stop responding and is unrecoverable without reboot.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom

Ignore please......

Answered this too fast. Sorry about that.