Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:09:18 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>, "Rodrigo Ormonde" <ormonde@aker.com.br>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems with tar and 4mm DAT Message-ID: <019b01bf46a1$66878660$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <3.0.3.32.19991206173943.00691120@pop.aker.com.br> <19991208152447.61061@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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Hi,
If your DAT device its an external one, it shoul be turned on and
connected to the computer before this its turned on, if you dont do this,
you will receive the Input/Output error.
Greetings
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
To: Rodrigo Ormonde <ormonde@aker.com.br>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: Problems with tar and 4mm DAT
> On Monday, 6 December 1999 at 17:39:43 -0200, Rodrigo Ormonde wrote:
> > I'm trying to use the tar command to make a backup to a 4mm DAT in a
> > FreeBSD 3.3 box. The tar starts the backup, but soon after it starts
> > writing data to the tape, it aborts with the following message (however,
it
> > can write a few files before showing this message and I can restore
these
> > files later):
> >
> > tar: can't write to /dev/rsa0 : Input/output error
> >
> > The command I'm using to make the backup is:
> >
> > tar cvf /dev/rsa0 /home
> >
> > The kernel messages generated when it recognizes my SCSI adapter and
the
> > DAT device are:
> >
> > amd0: <Tekram DC390(T)/AMD53c974 SCSI Host Adapter> rev 0x10 int a irq
10
> > on pci 0.11.0
> > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> > sa0 at amd0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0
> > sa0: <SONY SDT-2000E E326> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
> > sa0: 5.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 8)
> >
> > Is there anything that I'm doing wrong ? Have anyone faced this
problem
> > before ?
>
> Do you get any console messages to accompany the I/O error? They
> would be in /var/log/messages.
>
> Greg
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