From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 4 16:35:02 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA21066 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 16:35:02 -0700 Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA21060 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 16:35:00 -0700 Received: from disperse.demon.co.uk (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id QAA07075 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 16:34:39 -0700 Received: from post.demon.co.uk by disperse.demon.co.uk id aa28652; 5 Jul 95 0:15 +0100 Received: from bagpuss.demon.co.uk by post.demon.co.uk id aa25266; 5 Jul 95 0:15 +0100 Received: (karl@localhost) by bagpuss.demon.co.uk (3.1/3.1) id VAA17713; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 21:29:27 +0100 From: Karl Strickland Message-Id: <199507042029.VAA17713@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: mt grief? To: John Utz Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 21:29:26 +0100 (BST) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: from "John Utz" at Jul 4, 95 05:08:07 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1411 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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 > > 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.. :-( Hi John - what kind of tape drive are you using? I've seen this problem on a WangDAT drive. I think it occured for me after I did an 'mt rewoffl' and then tried to access the tape again. Anyway, taking out the tape and putting it back in seemed to cure the problem. If all else fails, try a reboot! If you were able to write to the tape, you should be able to read it! Cheers -- ------------------------------------------+----------------------------------- Mailed using ELM on FreeBSD | Karl Strickland PGP 2.3a Public Key Available. | Internet: karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk |