Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:12:59 +0100 From: Phillip Ryker <pryker@skynetweb.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Tape Drive Insanity!! Message-ID: <37E1F80B.A91138C8@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 tape 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
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