Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:56:51 -0700 From: "Sam" <freep@thecity.sfsu.edu> To: <freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: "tape is now frozen" Message-ID: <NCBBJPDLBJCLBBFADHOMOECHDGAA.freep@thecity.sfsu.edu>
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We got it to work by setting the density to the density of the tape: -d 97000 for dds3 -d 61000 for dds2 and dds1 thanks for all your help, Sam -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matthew Jacob Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 4:39 PM To: Greg Lehey Cc: Sam; freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "tape is now frozen" > > Indeed, it looks like he omitted the message that we most wanted to > see. > > Let me repeat here that I find this *very* irritating. It happens, > for example, if I try to read a block which is too long. There's no > way to know the length of a tape block in advance, so this is > relatively easy to get, particularly with DDS-4 drives, and it This error should not occur if you're in variable block mode. If you set the drive in fixed block mode and read a block that's too large, the tape driver cannot know where the tape heads are located. It's that simple. Set your tape drive to variable mode. If the error occurs then, it certainly is wrong and should be fixed. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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