Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:25:24 +0100 From: Phillip Ryker <pryker@skynetweb.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Tape Drive Insanity Message-ID: <37E1ECE4.32D78693@skynetweb.com>
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I am confused as how to use a tape system under FreeBSD. I have a system running FreeBSD v3.3 -STABLE. I have completed a recent make world and have built a custom kernel to support the tape system. The Tape system I am using is a Seagate Travan SCSI 4 - 8 gig system. The pape is seen as device sa0. When I type the following command: mt status I get: Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression Current: 0x45 variable 0 enable ---------available modes--------- 0: 0x45 variable 0 enable 1: 0x45 variable 0 enable 2: 0x45 variable 0 enable 3: 0x45 variable 0 enable --------------------------------- Current Driver State: at rest. --------------------------------- File Number: 0 Record Number: 0 I read through the handbook and I did exactly what it asks. I did a: mt fsf 1 And I got the following error: mt: /dev/nrsa0: fsf: Input/output error And the /var/log/messages reports: Sep 17 14:38:06 ns5 /kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): SPACE. CDB: 11 1 0 0 1 0 Sep 17 14:38:06 ns5 /kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): BLANK CHECK req sz: 1 (decimal) asc:0,5 Sep 17 14:38:06 ns5 /kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): End-of-data detected ALso, when I try to run a dump as follows: dump -0u /etc I get the following: bash-2.03# dump -0u /etc DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Sep 17 14:40:02 1999 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /etc to /dev/rsa0 DUMP: bad sblock magic number DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. Any insight on what I am doing wrong here or any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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