Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 21:10:52 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr (Jean-Marc Zucconi) Cc: faulkner@asgard.bga.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: variable blocks on HP C1533A 9503 4mm Tape Drive Message-ID: <199602140210.VAA23094@hda.com> In-Reply-To: <9602140023.AA12390@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> from "Jean-Marc Zucconi" at Feb 14, 96 01:23:43 am
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> It took me 2 hours the first time I wanted to read a tape written on > another (non FreeBSD) machine :-). I have a SONY dat, but I think the > problem is the same: > > mt -f /dev/nrst0 blocksize 0 > > You have to use the no rewind device file! using rst0 does not > work. You also need to use nrst0 to read the tape. I do not know if > this is a bug or a feature of the st driver... It is a feature. Once you rewind you start a new session. It makes sense once you figure it out. -- Peter Dufault Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267
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