Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 22:45:24 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard doesn't like tape drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970218224248.291H-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199702190341.OAA09307@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > John Fieber stands accused of saying: > > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > > > the problem may be that the tape is straved for data, so it stops > > > writing and has to seek before starting to write again. > > > > Then I would think that dd'ing /dev/zero to the tape would keep > > it streaming, but it won't. :( > > That might happen if it gets its data out to the tape before your > system has got back to it with more. 8( Why might this happen on Pentium 100 with a PCI SCSI controller where my crusty old 486 with an ISA SCSI controller could keep the drive well fed? Inquiring minds want to know. :) Well, I'll probably worry about this problem (again) in another month or so when its time for another full backup. -john
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