Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 08:46:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: John Utz <spaz@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD questions <FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: mt grief? Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9507040855.C12659-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91j.950704050112.5880A-100000@saul1.u.washington.edu>
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On Tue, 4 Jul 1995, John Utz wrote:
> me again!
>
> in a rare fit of prior planning, i actually backed up my tarfiles
> onto a scsi tape. Unfortuneately, i seem to be unable to read it! bummer!
>
> 128: {42} tar -xv
> st0: not ready
> tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Input/output error
> 128: {43} mt rewind
> st0: not ready
> mt: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error
john, use 'mt -f /dev/rst0 fsf 1' to awaken the mt/kernel code.
every time i boot, i get error from the drive till i do this. then 'mt
-f /dev/rst0 rewind' and the thing works like a champ ;)
>
> here is dmesg:
> nca0 at 0x1f88-0x1f8b irq 10 on isa
> nca0: type ProAudioSpectrum-16
> nca0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
> (nca0:4:0): " " type 1 removable SCSI 1
> st0(nca0:4:0): Sequential-Access drive offline
>
> is there something obvious that i am forgetting? is it broken? i set all
> the rst0 and nrst0 to be readable by u, me , and my brother's cat and i
> still get the same errors.. :-(
>
> *******************************************************************************
> John Utz spaz@stein.u.washington.edu
> idiocy is the impulse function in the convolution of life
>
>
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