From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Apr 26 17:43: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E5F153D1 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:43:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) id UAA28875; Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:43:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199904270043.UAA28875@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: ATAPI Tape In-Reply-To: <37247FD7.1992@sympatico.ca> from Jim Chapman at "Apr 26, 99 04:01:43 pm" To: jim.chapman@sympatico.ca Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:43:13 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jim Chapman wrote, > I am trying to do a backup on a Seagate ATAPI tape. > The boot messages are > > wdc1: unit1 (atapi): , removable,accel,dma,iordis > wst0: Drive empty, readonly, reverse,qfa,ecc,512b > wst0: Max speed=600Kb/s, Transfer limit=52 blocks, Buffer size=728 > blocks > > This seems OK. Now what? The command > > dump -0f /dev/rwst0 /var > > gives a controller not ready error and a media sense error but does > write something on the tape. When I go into dos I have to re-initialize > it. > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim Chapman Have you tried matching up that 'transfer limit' with dump's '-b' option? # dump -0b 26 -f /dev/rwst0 /var Have you tried using the 'auto-size' option, '-a'? # dump -0af /dev/rwst0 /var Or even doing both of those together? Just some ideas. I personally do not have experience with IDE tapes. You probably are better off trying this in -questions. If you take a swing there, make sure to add information about which version of FreeBSD you are running. Also, can you access the tape alright with other commands like tar or dd? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message