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Date:      Mon, 06 Dec 1999 17:39:43 -0200
From:      Rodrigo Ormonde <ormonde@aker.com.br>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Problems with tar and 4mm DAT
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19991206173943.00691120@pop.aker.com.br>

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  I'm trying to use the tar command to make a backup to a 4mm DAT in a
FreeBSD 3.3 box. The tar starts the backup, but soon after it starts
writing data to the tape, it aborts with the following message (however, it
can write a few files before showing this message and I can restore these
files later):

  tar: can't write to /dev/rsa0 : Input/output error

  The command I'm using to make the backup is:  
 
  tar cvf /dev/rsa0 /home

  The kernel messages generated when it recognizes my SCSI adapter and the
DAT device are:

  amd0: <Tekram DC390(T)/AMD53c974 SCSI Host Adapter> rev 0x10 int a irq 10
on pci 0.11.0
  Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
  sa0 at amd0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0
  sa0: <SONY SDT-2000E E326> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
  sa0: 5.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 8)

  Is there anything that I'm doing wrong ? Have anyone faced this problem
before ?

  By the way, this box used to be a NT before running FreeBSD and the DAT
worked fine with it.

  Thanks in advance,

  Rodrigo Ormonde

  P.S. Please send a copy of the answers to me. I'm not in the list.


--
Rodrigo de La Rocque Ormonde
e-mail: ormonde@aker.com.br
Aker Security Solutions - http://www.aker.com.br



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