Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:03 +1000 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tape (sa0) on sparc64 ? Message-ID: <20130517022203.GX77641@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <CACpH0Mfd0iQ1phmJ1V-3WzwtPsboPerBbyBTCVWJZ3E1f9pgLg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACpH0Mcass3ONxhFw5mRrQ1K931gxaxBZgo45_%2BynLrrbm4DUw@mail.gmail.com> <0D672BB1-1928-4F7A-BF72-CA7EE15D0563@gid.co.uk> <CACpH0McOx_Kza-Ou-=ko724cehF0Kp3uhN%2B6mFy2L0GdLQ1ESg@mail.gmail.com> <20130517003058.GW77641@eureka.lemis.com> <CACpH0Mfd0iQ1phmJ1V-3WzwtPsboPerBbyBTCVWJZ3E1f9pgLg@mail.gmail.com>
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--Wn0J+vu9+NMIXK57 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 20:56:53 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>wrote: > >> On Thursday, 16 May 2013 at 19:56:14 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote: >>>> On 16 May 2013, at 21:51, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >> > [about my tape drive not working] > >> The obvious question: can you write tapes and read them back? My >> experience with DDS tapes was of extreme unreliability. The age >> doesn't make things any easier. > > Well... therein lies my other suspicion. I don't have any DDS4 tapes to > try writing, but the DDS3 tapes I have fail to write. > > ... but they don't even try. The tape spools up when inserted and "mt > offl" works (ejects the tape) and the drive doesn't indicate any error at > this point --- but it doesn't even try to start moving for either read or > write. You'd expect at least a message, wouldn't you? It's difficult to say whether this is bitrot or taperot. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua --Wn0J+vu9+NMIXK57 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlGVlEsACgkQIubykFB6QiOyUwCfaHDGXB5Wllmkz6KOI8SrtLGk pUsAn12T8+JnSYDnf8mqebNLMRSUeJst =pbj2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Wn0J+vu9+NMIXK57--
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