Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:02:54 +0200 (CEST) From: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Writing to tape drive produces invalid requests Message-ID: <20020928230051.P5296-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <20020928170452.GG7711@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: :>In the last episode (Sep 28), Hartmann, O. said: :>> Hello. :>> :>> While writing to a tape drive unit I get this kernel log: :>> :>> (sa0:sym1:0:5:0): Invalid request. Fixed block device requests must be a multiple of 1024 bytes :> :>Try running "mt blocksize 0" to enable variable-length blocks. I think :>ancient QIC tape drives are the only ones that require a fixed :>blocksize. :> :>-- :> Dan Nelson :> dnelson@allantgroup.com :> Hello. I tried this, also, but with a similar effect. It think the HP SureStore 40x6i (DDS-4) isn't a ancient tape drive, the PC-recommended and factory default setting for this expensive DAT autoloader is 1024 bytes per block. I switched via mt blocksize 0 to variable blocksize, but then writing to the tape took much longer. -- MfG O. Hartmann ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de ------------------------------------------------------------------ IT-Administration des Institutes fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 55099 Mainz Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinenraum) Tel: +496131/3924144 (Buero) FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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