From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 22 01:53:15 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id BAA28869 for current-outgoing; Wed, 22 Mar 1995 01:53:15 -0800 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA28848 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 1995 01:53:11 -0800 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id BAA08396; Wed, 22 Mar 1995 01:52:53 -0800 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199503220952.BAA08396@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: ANy one useing ft driver under 2.0 current??? To: jbryant@server.iadfw.net (Jim Bryant) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 01:52:53 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199503220817.CAA07565@news.iadfw.net> from "Jim Bryant" at Mar 22, 95 02:17:07 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1390 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > In reply: > > From: "Rodney W. Grimes" > > Subject: ANy one useing ft driver under 2.0 current??? > > > > I am trying to get a colorado 250 working. It probes and every thing > > but ``tar czf - | ft "test1" runs for awhile and then finishes without > > error. ... > > Also, I have noticed that between 2.0-RELEASE and 950210-SNAP there is a > DRASTIC slowdown when using gzip [tar -z option] and ft at the same > time. Has this been fixed in -current? I don't know, but the tape drive does stream when doing this on -current on a DX2/66 PCI system (FDC on motherboard), both during read and write. > > BTW: try this: > > tar -cvzf - what.to.back.up | ft "test1" > ft "test1" | tar -tvzf - > > If you typed the above as you originally did, tar did exactly what you > told it too, essentially nothing... [I hate it when I do things like > that too :^) ] Paint me a hat again... I guess I've been working too hard lately, thanks!!! Adding the missing "." to my tar command did the trick, I am now a happy camper, one more problem fixed!!! / <:-) \ Now to see if I've done something as stupid that is keeping the Chinnon 525S from working :-). -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD