From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 3 11:16: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731C637B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from newtonsecond.com (adsl-63-207-117-158.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.207.117.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A3B43E31 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:16:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michelle@newtonsecond.com) Received: from [12.43.53.1] (account michelle HELO localhost) by newtonsecond.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9) with ESMTP-TLS id 250168; Wed, 03 Jul 2002 11:14:12 -0700 Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:18:06 -0700 Subject: Re: backup problems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) From: Michelle Weeks To: "Joe Joplin" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <020401c22238$5e5dbe30$2201a8c0@2kpro2> Message-Id: <38D1C71A-8EB1-11D6-9688-00039368B8EC@newtonsecond.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.482) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 mt -f /dev/nrsa0 status shows: louie# mt -f /dev/nrsa0 status Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression Current: 0x30 variable 0 0x3 ---------available modes--------- 0: 0x30 variable 0 0x3 1: 0x30 variable 0 0x3 2: 0x30 variable 0 0x3 3: 0x30 variable 0 0x3 --------------------------------- Current Driver State: at rest. --------------------------------- > > Also mt rewind to test commands. If you post your dmesg with lines > detecting the tape drive, that would help. mt -f /dev/nrsa0 rewind seemed to work. i did not get any error messages back. i'm sorry, i'm a newbie and don't know what you mean when you say post your dmesg with lines detecting the tape drive. did you mean to show the output that i posted above from the mt status command? thank you!! michelle > > Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michelle Weeks" > To: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message