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Subject: Re: Cron <root@db> /sbin/dump -0ua -f /dev/nrsa0 />/dev/null;/sbin/dump -0ua -f /dev/nrsa0 /usr>/dev/null
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how do i erase/format the tape?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com>
Cc: <andrew.cowan@hsd.com.au>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Cron <root@db> /sbin/dump -0ua -f /dev/nrsa0
/>/dev/null;/sbin/dump -0ua -f /dev/nrsa0 /usr>/dev/null


> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:40:36AM -0500, alexus wrote:
> > um.. wrong this is definatly not a request for another tape..
>
> Look again at the output,
>
> > > > >   DUMP: 40.16% done, finished in 0:29
> > > > >   DUMP: End of tape detected
> > > > >   DUMP: Closing /dev/nrsa0
> > > > >   DUMP: Change Volumes: Mount volume #2
> > > > >   DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails: Device not configured
> > > > >   DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
>
> "End of tape detected?" dump(8) then wanted to get interactive with
> you about the problem, but since this was run in a "batch mode," it
> failed when trying to open the tty to talk to you.
> --
> Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
>                                    |     cjclark@jhu.edu
> http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org
>


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