From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 22:51:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA08789 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 22:51:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from net.netlimited.net (NET.NETLIMITED.NET [204.140.231.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA08784 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 22:51:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from ppp-206-171-250-214.vntrcs.pacbell.net (ppp-206-171-250-214.vntrcs.pacbell.net [206.171.250.214]) by net.netlimited.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA17563 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 22:52:10 -0800 Received: by ppp-206-171-250-214.vntrcs.pacbell.net with Microsoft Mail id <01BBD500.0E70A440@ppp-206-171-250-214.vntrcs.pacbell.net>; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 03:24:50 -0700 Message-ID: <01BBD500.0E70A440@ppp-206-171-250-214.vntrcs.pacbell.net> From: Lior Elazary To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Tape Back up Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 03:24:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, I have a HP T4000s tape backup which I am trying to run. The device st0 is recognize but when I run > DNS1# dump 0uBbf 2000000 10 /dev/rst0 / > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Nov 17 23:17:11 1996 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to /dev/rst0 > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 27068 tape blocks on 0.01 tape(s). > DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] > DUMP: End of tape detected > DUMP: Closing /dev/rst0 > DUMP: Change Volumes: Mount volume #2 > DUMP: Is the new volume mounted and ready to go?: ("yes" or "no") y > DUMP: Volume 2 begins with blocks from inode 0 > DUMP: EOT detected at start of the tape! > DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. Or if I type tar cf * I get: tar: can't write to /dev/rst0 : Input/output error mt status shows Present Mode: Density = 0x45 Blocksize = 512 bytes ---------available modes--------- Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 1: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 2: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 3: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Do I need to format the tape? If so how do I do that. Please help me. Thank you, Lior Elazary elazary@netlimited.net