Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 09:59:06 -0700 From: "Craig W. Shaver" <cshaver@infoseek.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Drive Insanity!! Message-ID: <37E3C4DA.3220E5DA@infoseek.com> References: <MAIL37E1F80B.A91138C8@skynetweb.com> <37e327c8.185315900@mail.sentex.net>
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What blocking size are you using? I have had trouble with tar tapes that I used one blocking size to write and then tried to read them with another (default) blocking size. I thought the tape was bad until I gave it the -b 'size' for the original tape write. Mike Tancsa wrote: > > >I read through the handbook and I did exactly what it asks. I did a: > > > > mt fsf 1 > > > >And I got the following error: > > > > mt: /dev/nrsa0: fsf: Input/output error > > If there is nothing on the tape, you will get that error. > > > > >And the /var/log/messages reports: > > > > Sep 17 14:38:06 ns5 /kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): SPACE. CDB: 11 1 > >0 > >0 1 0 > >Sep 17 14:38:06 ns5 /kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): BLANK CHECK req sz: 1 > >(decimal) asc:0,5 > >Sep 17 14:38:06 ns5 /kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): End-of-data detected > > > >ALso, when I try to run a dump as follows: > > > > dump -0u /etc > > Is /etc really on a separate partition ? > > try instead to dump a partition > -- cshaver@infoseek.com (408)543-6451 Craig Shaver, Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 (650)390-0654 http://www.progroup.com/ mailto:craig@progroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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