Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:21:41 -0400 From: "Joe Joplin" <joejop@triad.rr.com> To: "Michelle Weeks" <michelle@newtonsecond.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: backup problems Message-ID: <020401c22238$5e5dbe30$2201a8c0@2kpro2> References: <A883520C-8E0C-11D6-8D9F-00039368B8EC@newtonsecond.com>
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Have you tried to see if you could use the mt commands? Like mt status (this will user the default tape device) or mt -f /dev/nrsa0 status Also mt rewind to test commands. If you post your dmesg with lines detecting the tape drive, that would help. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Weeks" <michelle@newtonsecond.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: backup problems > i have been having trouble with backups to a scsi ait tape drive. i > have tried using dump and tar and get back i/o errors as well as write > protected and permission errors. the tape drive will also lock-up after > the i/o errors. i thought it might be caused by a dirty tape drive so i > cleaned it, but am still having problems. i just entered in the > following command: > > tar cfv /dev/nrsa0 var > > and this was the response: > > tar: can't write to /dev/nrsa0 : Operation not permitted > > an ls -l of the device shows: > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jul 2 16:06 nrsa0 > > i am logged in as root when trying to create the backups. > > do i possibly need to rebuild the device? or is there something i need > to do to configure the ait tapes - these are brand new tapes? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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