Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:38:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Erv Kuhnke <erv@dswahome.dswa.mil> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD & HP C1533A DAT tape Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225193812.28338O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.16.19980224115648.34377940@sunmail.dswa.mil>
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On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Erv Kuhnke wrote: > I recently purchased a Hp C1533A It is set up to interface as a scsi II > and connected to a PCI card made for NCR as a adaptec 2940 look alike..I am > running a FreeBSD Kernel and the system recognized the drive and responds > to tar and MT commands ..But When I try to back up a large file system like > /usr or / > The system works fine for awhile then stalls and a "Blank Check" error occurs > and a error message about failure to respond is reported about two or three > times.. If you run tar -tvf /dev/rst0 against the tape the drive responds > and gives you the files up to the point the previous error occurred and > reports a unexpected EOF tape error... We really need to see the scsi and tar errors generated, their exact text preferably. SCSI system errors should show up in the system log /var/log/messages. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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