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Date:      Fri, 4 May 2001 22:03:58 -0400
From:      "Ilya" <mail@krel.org>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   dds2
Message-ID:  <003101c0d507$a698c110$0100a8c0@ilya>
References:  <20010505012231.92164.qmail@web9407.mail.yahoo.com> <fpm6ftglp2ju9f9dcm6iq1286ql8j2hsvn@4ax.com>

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can someone tell me why after running ceratin commands (below) from
freebsdzine.org my mt status is still at file 0? while it supposed to be on
file 3.
thx a lot

mt status
Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi      Compression
Current:  0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
---------available modes---------
0:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
1:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
2:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
3:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
---------------------------------
Current Driver State: at rest.
---------------------------------
File Number: 0  Record Number: 0        Residual Count 0
root@alchemistry$ cd /tmp/
root@alchemistry$ echo 'This is the first dummy file' > file1
root@alchemistry$ cp /kernel file2
root@alchemistry$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=file3 bs=1024 count=2
2+0 records in
2+0 records out
2048 bytes transferred in 0.006787 secs (301756 bytes/sec)
root@alchemistry$ mt rewind
root@alchemistry$ dd if=file1 of /dev/nrsa0
dd: unknown operand of
root@alchemistry$ dd if=file1 of=/dev/nrsa0
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
29 bytes transferred in 0.089065 secs (326 bytes/sec)
root@alchemistry$ dd if=file2 of=/dev/nrsa0
5203+1 records in
5203+1 records out
2664057 bytes transferred in 43.167790 secs (61714 bytes/sec)
root@alchemistry$ dd if=file3 of=/dev/nrsa0
4+0 records in
4+0 records out
2048 bytes transferred in 0.099870 secs (20507 bytes/sec)
root@alchemistry$ mt status
Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi      Compression
Current:  0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
---------available modes---------
0:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
1:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
2:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
3:        0x24:DDS-2           variable       61000    DCLZ
---------------------------------
Current Driver State: at rest.
---------------------------------
File Number: 0  Record Number: 0        Residual Count 0


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