Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:28:34 -0700 From: Michelle Weeks <michelle@newtonsecond.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: syborg@stny.rr.com (John Bleichert), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backup problems Message-ID: <D4250241-8ECB-11D6-8646-00039368B8EC@newtonsecond.com> In-Reply-To: <200207032058.g63KwPa26479@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 01:58 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 11:57 AM, John Bleichert wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Michelle Weeks wrote: >>>> <snippage> >>>> >>>> The 'dmesg' command produces a bunch of information on what devices >>>> and >>>> modules have been configured by the kernel (see the dmesg man >>>> page). I >>>> don't know anything about tape drives, but assuming that /dev/nrs* >>>> thingy >>>> above is one, this would be a way to check dmesg for it: >>>> >>>> $ dmesg | grep nrs >>> >>> thank you for the explanation. >>> >>> here is the last part of the output from dmesg: >>> >>> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a >>> pid 263 (m4), uid 0 on /: file system full >>> pid 263 (m4), uid 0 on /: file system full >>> pid 263 (m4), uid 0 on /: file system full >>> pid 279 (makemap), uid 0 on /: file system full >>> pid 279 (makemap), uid 0 on /: file system full >>> pid 279 (makemap), uid 0 on /: file system full >>> (sa0:ahc0:0:12:0): ERASE. CDB: 19 0 0 0 0 0 >>> (sa0:ahc0:0:12:0): DATA PROTECT asc:27,0 >>> (sa0:ahc0:0:12:0): Write protected >>> (sa0:ahc0:0:12:0): ERASE. CDB: 19 0 0 0 0 0 >>> (sa0:ahc0:0:12:0): DATA PROTECT asc:27,0 >>> (sa0:ahc0:0:12:0): Write protected >>> (sa0:ahc0:0:12:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM > > Well, it kinda looks like the tape has the write protect set. > Most of them have a tab/window to open (or close depending on > type of tape format) to prevent writing to the tape. yes and i have that tape with me and it is definitely set to rec. i also checked the new tape to make sure it was set to rec. before putting it in. > > It is also possible that the little thing on the drive that pokes in > to the space on the tape cartridge to check for it has gotten bent, > stuck, broken or otherwise non-functional. > > ////jerry although i was able to write one dump to the tape before getting all these errors? i've tried again to mt rewind and mt eom with the new tape and did not get any errors (the server is at a collocation spot so i am trying to avoid using mt offline). then i tried tar cfv /dev/nrsa0 test and was given the error "Permission denied" even though I am on as root. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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