On 2/9/06, Gérard Milmeister <gemi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There has been some time since I last use the DAT tape. > When I try to write some data using star I get the following > error: > star: Invalid argument. Error writing '/dev/nst0' > > tar gives a similar error. /dev/st0 does not work either. > However mt seems to work as usual. > The kernel is 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4. > Some time ago everything worked perfectly. Have you tried a cleaning tape? Have you tried a fresh, new, DDS tape? Maybe the drive is dirty, or maybe the tape is bad, or both.
