From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 11 01:59:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA27317 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 01:59:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from login.dknet.dk (root@login.dknet.dk [193.88.44.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA27309 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 01:59:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fj@login.dknet.dk) Received: (from fj@localhost) by login.dknet.dk (8.7.5/8.6) id KAA17887; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:53:42 +0100 (MET) From: Flemming Jacobsen Message-Id: <199712110953.KAA17887@login.dknet.dk> Subject: Re: Wangtek 51000HT 1/4" SCSI-2 QIC 1000 To: aa@jump.net (Allan Alford) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 97 10:53:42 MET Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi world, [It seems like my first try at sending this got nuked by the spam-filter. Maybe I should learn to take a hint :-)] > I've been using the following syntax in my script: > > tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /foo > tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /bar > tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /foobar Uhmmmm, you DO mean 'tar -cvf /dev/nrst0 /foo', right? Otherwise your problem is pretty obvious - tar defaults to use /dev/rst0 (but a backup of the /dev/nrst0 device is allways nice ;-). I realize that the missing 'f' probably is a typo. OTOH it would account for the behaviour that you see. > When I check the tape the next morning, I do: > > mt rewind > (tape already seems to be rewound) > tar -tv > (yields the tar of foobar - the last from the list) > mt fsf 1 > (nothing seems to happen) > tar -tv > (yields the tar of foobar - the last from the list) Have a nice day Flemming -- Flemming Jacobsen It'll probably say something like "Does not compute" or "Inoperative parameters". That's Email: fj@login.dknet.dk what it says when it doesn't know and doesn't Phone: +45 35 43 33 49 want to admit it. -- Terry Pratchett: Wings