Why 'tar' command gives error "tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Cannot allocate memory" when reading contents of tape ?
Issue
- When reading the contents of tape, with
tar -t /dev/st0gets error message,tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Cannot allocate memory
[root@example dev]# tar tvf /dev/st0
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Cannot allocate memory
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
[root@example dev]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All Versions)
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