Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 16:50:51 +0100 From: Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rewinding tapes Message-ID: <428CB5DB.4020005@witchspace.com> In-Reply-To: <20050519152040.GB82926@dan.emsphone.com> References: <428CAB4B.6080907@witchspace.com> <20050519152040.GB82926@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: > "mt rewind" is synchronous on all the tape drive I have used it on (dat, > dlt, 9-track, 3490). Apologies, it's 'tar' that seems to return when the drive is still busy - attempting to access the tape device before it's finished making groaning noises gives an input/output error. # tar -cv /some/dir <fx: groan whirr> # tar t tar: Error opening archive: Error reading '/dev/ast0': Input/output error Cheers, --Jon http://www.witchspace.com
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