From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 13 13:42:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1542D37B401 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (12-225-249-250.client.attbi.com [12.225.249.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06C4843FCB for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:42:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com) Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (localhost.joshualokken.com [127.0.0.1])h3DKha4H009559 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:43:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com) Received: (from jolok@localhost) by joloxbox.joshualokken.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3DKhZlN009558 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:43:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: joloxbox.joshualokken.com: jolok set sender to joshualokken@attbi.com using -f Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:43:35 -0700 From: Joshua Lokken To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030413204335.GA9480@joloxbox.joshualokken.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: little to none X-OS: FreeBSD joloxbox.joshualokken.com 4.8-STABLE i386 Subject: HP Colorado 5gb and mt X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:42:58 -0000 Hello. I am new to tape machines. I was given an HP Colorado 5gb that [for the most part] works. I recompiled the kernel on 4.8-stable with device atapist # ATAPI tape drives and rebooted. The kernel recognized my drive. I didn't know how to communicate with it, so I read the man pages for dump and restore. From there I found the mt man page and read that. Next I went to ports/sysutils and looked for backup software. I chose to try flexbackup. Edited the configuration--added /dev/ast0 and the dirs I wanted to backup: /etc /home /usr/local/etc for starters (I'm still playing at this point). Flexbackup does its job, the backup completes and reports success, however, each time I issue the 'flexbackup -fs all' command, I receive the following error: mt: /dev/ast0: blocksize: Invalid argument. The backup continues, and finishes, reporting success, and flexbackup properly stores the index of the backup, however, when I examine the tape with : #mt fsf 1 (for example) the tape activity is there, and I receive no errors. The tape has no index and apparently backs up each dir to the beginning chunk of tape, and overwrites it with the next dir! That is not what I want. I have searched freebsd.org and the mailing list archives, turning up two (unanswered) questions about this drive, but none specifically pertaining to this problem. I am willing to admit that I may just not know what I'm doing here... Can anyone offer some advice? Thanks, everyone. -- Joshua