Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:03:33 +0200 (MDT) From: Steffen Weissgerber <stw@euromap.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: mtg@gmx.de Subject: tape archiving Message-ID: <199908111103.NAA02163@ulysses.euromap.de>
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This e-mail is forwarded from mtg@gmx.de. > >-- > >Moin, > >I've bought a new tape drive (Tandberg SLR 5) and updated my System >from 2.2.5 to 2.2.8. > >Now I have problems to write more then one archive (tar, pax or dump) >to this tape. > >The tape streamer writes two eof marks after the end of the >archive. Only if I use tar with the -i switch the tape show the >correct archive. > >If I use restore on the second archiv I do: > >mt rewind >mt -f /dev/ntape fsf 1 >restore -if /dev/ntape # Nothing happends >restore -if /dev/ntape # Again, and now it works. > >Is it possible to configure the System that the Streamer doesnt write >too many eof marks? > >Thanks >Matthias > >PS: Sorry for my poor english. Writing is a lot harder then reading. > euromap GmbH, Kalkhorstweg 53, D-17235 Neustrelitz, Germany Tel: +49 (0)3981/4883-13, Fax: +49 (0)3981/4883-20 mailto:stw@euromap.de, http://www.euromap.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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