Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:16:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Cc: se@FreeBSD.ORG, pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: EXA 8200 tape drive on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199808111816.UAA01048@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199808110035.TAA00818@nospam.hiwaay.net> from David Kelly at "Aug 10, 98 07:35:25 pm"
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As David Kelly wrote... > Stefan Esser writes: > > On 1998-08-09 17:32 +0200, Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za> w > > rote: > > > However, I cannot write to it at all - even after a 'mt erase', I get the > > > following: > > > > > > bash# mt rewind > > > bash# dd if=/kernel of=/dev/nrst0 bs=64 count=1024 > > > dd: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error > > > 1+0 records in > > > 0+0 records out > > > 0 bytes transferred in 0.082043 secs (0 bytes/sec) > > > bash# On mine: su-2.01# dd if=/kernel of=/dev/nrst1 bs=64 count=1024 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 65536 bytes transferred in 5.187031 secs (12635 bytes/sec) su-2.01# Why you want to use 64 byte blocks escapes me because: su-2.01# dd if=/kernel of=/dev/nrst1 bs=64k count=1024 17+1 records in 17+1 records out 1176833 bytes transferred in 11.385549 secs (103362 bytes/sec) A 8200 native speed is something like 240kb/sec if I remember well. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW: http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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