From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 7:56:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5390937B491 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 07:56:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fscked@pacbell.net) Received: from pacbell.net ([63.204.133.81]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0G9D00CB3G3V8X@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 07:52:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:06:24 -0800 From: richard childers Subject: Re: mt: /mt/nrsa0: device busy To: Silvestre Malta Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <3A9A7F00.FDB2A122@pacbell.net> Organization: The Free State of Dis MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en References: <3A9A7403.232A9404@fleximedia.pt> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG (1) Check the process table and see if there are any processes using the tape drive. ps auxwwww | egrep "tar|dump|mt" (2) Sometimes tape drives can be truculent; rebooting with a power-cycle included often eliminates those "impossible" tape drive problems, especially if you're dealing with a device that has been powered on and in service for a long time. -- richard Silvestre Malta wrote: > hello im using freebsd 3.3 > and i have this error "mt: /mt/nrsa0: device busy" wen im tryng to > backup my server. > Im using H.P. tape's, C4435 Data Carttrige > and my tape device is: H.P. SureStore T20 > > he was working perfectly but today he isn't working ... i have tryed > diferent tapes > and the result is the same width all tapes, i thinj that de device may > be not working perfectly, but i haven't another to try ... > can you tell-me something to do, before i try to bye another device to > backup ? > all "mt" operation's doesnt work ... > - mt erase > - mt rewind > - mt rdhpos > - Dump xxxxxxxxxx > > all operation give me the same error > can you help me? > > tanks > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Richard A. Childers Senor UNIX Administrator fscked@pacbell.net (email) 203.556.8471 (voice/msgs) # Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986. # PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F 32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message