Re: Meaning of tape error no.

Posted in 1996

Bryan Tonnet — 18 Jul 1996 15:45:29 +1000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In <4sgoee$ijr@canyon.sr.hp.com> fthes@sr.hp.com (Francis Small) writes: >I tried to restore a database from archive (Online version 5.01), and got >the message: >"Error reading from tape device, Error No. = 5." From memory, Error 5 is a generic I/O error returned for a variety of reasons. You could try /usr/include/sys/errno.h or the like for a description. Not a lot of help I know, but it could be anything from broken hardware to wrong tape formats. The last time I saw error 5, I was trying to read 5Gb tapes on a 2.3Gb drive...D'Oh!!! Bryan Tonnet