Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 15:06:36 -0500 (EST) From: Richard J Kuhns <rjk@grauel.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: SCSI tape drive problem in -current Message-ID: <199609092006.PAA11006@watson.grauel.com>
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Hardware: 120 MH Pentium, 32 MB RAM, BT946C controller, 2 Seagate Barracudas, Archive Viper tape drive, ASUS motherboard. I recently loaded -current on my home machine, which I had been using to track -stable. Before upgrading, I backed up every partition that had anything I wanted to save on it's own tape, using tar. The installation (from the 960801-SNAP CD) went very smoothly; I told sysinstall to newfs /, /usr, and /var, and to leave the other partitions alone. I then tried to reload some stuff from my /usr backup (Infocom games, as it happens) -- no luck. The tape positions itself when I put it in, but when I run "tar -tvf /dev/rst0", the light on the tape drive comes on for a fraction of a second, and that's it -- I get my prompt back. There are no error messages anywhere; tar doesn't complain, there's nothing on the console, and nothing new under /var/log. I tried running a new backup; I could create it and re-read it without any trouble. I also did a "make bootstrap; make world" last night, with ctm updates through about noon EST yesterday (Sep 8); it didn't make any difference. I brought the (-stable) /usr backup to work with me this morning, and found to my joy that a machine in the office running 960501-SNAP with an Archive Anaconda tape drive can read it without any trouble. The tapes are Maxell DC-6525s. Comments? This is potentially a major problem, and I'm willing to help track it down, with a few pointers from those more experienced.... -- Rich Kuhns rjk@grauel.com PO Box 6249 Tel: (317)477-6000 \ 100 Sawmill Road x319 Lafayette, IN 47903 (800)489-4891 /
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