From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 15 13:33:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03030 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:33:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02814 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:33:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA25071; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:33:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:33:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Douglas Hedges cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't set TR4 tape blocksize In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Douglas Hedges wrote: > At 3:58 PM -0800 3/14/98, Doug White wrote: > > [...] > > >Try `mt density 0' first. See mt(8) for details. > > BTDT. As you see ... > > # mt status > > Present Mode: Density = 0x00 Blocksize = 512 bytes > Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Okay, I guess... > Mar 15 12:22:50 redphone /kernel: st0(ahc0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:26,0 > Invali > d field in parameter list Maybe your tape doesn't like alternate blocksizes after all. :-/ Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message