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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:22:31 -0300 (EST)
From:      "Alexsandro D. F. Correia" <acorreia@marlin.com.br>
To:        kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:    Re: Problems with backups!!! (fwd)]
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960826110553.8840A-100000@blue.marlin.com.br>
In-Reply-To: <199608261201.JAA07893@marlin.com.br>

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Hi ! 

My Dat drive is an EXABYTE 4200 , i use 4mm tapes .

The output of dmesg, shows me this :

FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Mar  8 09:29:15 EST 1996
    imbert@blue.marlin.com.br:/usr/src/sys/compile/flavio
CPU: 99-MHz Pentium 735\\90 or 815\\100 (Pentium-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x525  Stepping=5
  Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,PSE,MCE,CX8,APIC>
real memory  = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
avail memory = 30838784 (30116K bytes)
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
ed1 at 0x300-0x31f irq 5 on isa
ed1: address 00:20:18:01:62:35, type NE2000 (16 bit) 
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
sio2 not found at 0x3e8
sio3 not found at 0x2e8
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: NEC 765
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
Probing for devices on the PCI bus:
chip0 <Intel 82437 (Triton)> rev 2 on pci0:0
chip1 <Intel 82371 (Triton)> rev 2 on pci0:7
ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 SCSI host adapter> rev 3 int a irq 10 on pci0:9
ahc0: 2940 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, aic7870, 255 SCBs
ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
(ahc0:1:0): "QUANTUM VP32210 81H8" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0(ahc0:1:0): Direct-Access 2103MB (4308352 512 byte sectors)
(ahc0:2:0): "PIONEER CD-ROM DR-124X 1.00" type 5 removable SCSI 2
cd0(ahc0:2:0): CD-ROM 
cd0(ahc0:2:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Medium not present
can't get the size

ahc0:A:3: refuses syncronous negotiation.  Using asyncronous transfers
(ahc0:3:0): "EXABYTE EXB-4200 216" type 1 removable SCSI 2
st0(ahc0:3:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13,  drive empty
vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 227 int a irq 11 on pci0:10
changing root device to sd0a
in_rtqtimo: adjusted rtq_reallyold to 2400
in_rtqtimo: adjusted rtq_reallyold to 1600
in_rtqtimo: adjusted rtq_reallyold to 1066
in_rtqtimo: adjusted rtq_reallyold to 710
pid 25562: ftp: uid 1007: exited on signal 11
st0(ahc0:3:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Medium not present
swap_pager: out of space
Process 8820 killed by vm_fault -- out of swap
Process 8819 killed by vm_fault -- out of swap
swap_pager: out of space

I 've tried to use the command mt -f /dev/rst0 blocksize 512

I can do the backups, but i cant restore it !!! 

the machine crashes !

Thanx for your attention.

	Alexsandro



> >> Sirs,
> >> 
> >> 	Last week a sent a message , asking for help !!
> >> I think my message didn't arrive to you.
> >>  
> >> 	I'm  having a terrible problem here to restore my backups, and i 
> >> hope you can help me.
> >> 	Bellow, you can read the original message.
> >
> >What type of tape do you have? Is it an HP DAT ? What does the
> >output of 'dmesg' show?
> >
> >Have you tried 
> >
> >mt -f /dev/rst0 blocksize 256k 
> >
> >Just guessing.
> >
> >> 
> >> 	Thanx a lot.
> >> 
> >> 			Alexsandro
> >> 
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 11:21:11 -0300 (EST)
> >> From: Alexsandro D. F. Correia <acorreia@marlin.com.br>
> >> To: questions@freebsd.org
> >> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org
> >> Subject: Problems with backups!!!
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Hi Sirs,
> >> 
> >> I'm having lots of troubles with my backups, and i hope someone can HELP ME.
> >> 
> >> Here we have two machines with the same configuration.
> >> Pentium 100, 32 Mb RAM, HD 2.0 gb SCSI and a DAT TAPE DRIVER (EXABYTE) .
> >> Running FreeBSD 2.1.
> >> 
> >> That's the problem i have.
> >> 
> >> When i try to restore a backup, using tar for examplem my system crashes.
> >> Here follows the error msg the system sends to me:
> >> 
> >> 	ahc0:target 3,lun 0 (st0) timet out
> >> 	st0(ahc0:3:0):BUS DEVICE RESET message
> >> 		      Queued.
> >> 	st0(ahc0:3:0):TAEGET Busy
> >> 	ahc0:A:3:no active SCB for reconnecting 
> >> 		 target - issuing ABORT.
> >> 	SAVED_TCL == 0x30
> >> 	ahc0:target1,lun0(sd0) timed out
> >> 
> >> By the way, I tested the restore on both machines, using CPIO and TAR. 
> >> But everytime i try to access something from the tape to the HD, the 
> >> system crashes.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Please, I'll be very glad if someone help me.
> >> 	 
> >> Thanx a lot.
> >> 
> >> 		Alexsandro Correia
> >> 		
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> 



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