From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 1 15:28:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28393 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 15:28:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28386 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 15:28:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id HAA09009; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 07:58:12 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id HAA20537; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 07:58:11 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980802075811.G11960@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 07:58:11 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: almazs@wgn.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dump on Archive DAT drive References: <35C2C040.3CC5@wgn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35C2C040.3CC5@wgn.net>; from almazs@wgn.net on Sat, Aug 01, 1998 at 12:14:08AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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