Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 07:58:11 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: almazs@wgn.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump on Archive DAT drive Message-ID: <19980802075811.G11960@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35C2C040.3CC5@wgn.net>; from almazs@wgn.net on Sat, Aug 01, 1998 at 12:14:08AM -0700 References: <35C2C040.3CC5@wgn.net>
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On Saturday, 1 August 1998 at 0:14:08 -0700, almazs@wgn.net wrote: > I am trying to test my new Archive Phyton DAT drive with FreeBSD and > everytime I tried the following: > > /sbin/dump 0uf /dev/nrst0 /usr/src > > I get the error message: > > DUMP: bad sblock magic number > DUMP: the ENTIRE dump is aborted. > > what preparatory work is req. to get the DAT to work under > FreeBSD? > I have erased, retensioned the tape and wrote an identifier block > on it using: > > mt fsf 1 I don't use dump, so I can't help you there, but that last command doesn't write anything. It just skips a file. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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