Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 21:30:46 +0100 (BST) From: Karl Strickland <karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com> Cc: spaz@u.washington.edu, FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: mt grief? Message-ID: <199507042030.VAA17730@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9507040855.C12659-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Jul 4, 95 08:46:25 am
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> On Tue, 4 Jul 1995, John Utz wrote:
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> > 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
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> 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 ;)
interesting! what kind of drive are you using?
Cheers
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