Tar error: cannot write: invalid argument
I am trying to do a tar backup to a locally attached tape drive. The tape drive is attached via an Adaptec 2930 SCSI card, and is a DAT drive with the SCSI ID 3. The device file that I am using is /dev/st0.
Whenever I try to do a backup I use the following syntax:
# tar -cvf /dev/st0 /tmp <directory>
The error message I am getting is the following:
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Invalid argument
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now.
The operating system is Fedora Core 5, and the version of tar is GNU tar 1.15.1.
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