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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
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