Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 04:53:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Kim Culhan <kimc@w8hd.w8hd.org> To: Rob Mallory <rmallory@wiley.csusb.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Arcive Viper QIC150 and tar Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.91.950408044828.1068K-100000@w8hd.w8hd.org> In-Reply-To: <199504072227.AA21670@wiley.csusb.edu>
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On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Rob Mallory wrote: > I just plugged a borrowed-from-a-Sun 1/4" tape drive, and have a couple > questions: > > (using a 6150 tape and archive viper ((known rougue??? huh?))) I dont' know why it is that, when the machine boots with this drive attached it declares the drive a 'known rougue device' ..maybe they've been known to try to hack into your machine :) > -dump works, but dump 0budfs 126 1000 /dev/rst0 700 /dev/sd0a > wants to put it on two tapes! dump uf /dev/rst0 works. > > -can I use any longer tapes reliably? If you specify a block length of 'way too many' like 50,000 it depends upon the drive's end-of-tape sense to determine when the tape is full. This will result in full cartridge utilization. Of course its a hack but it 'works for me' regards kim -- kimc@w8hd.org
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