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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:21:50 -0500
From:      "Justin L. Boss" <jlboss@yahoo.com>
To:        Raul Zighelboim <raul@zighelboim.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Someone please help with backup problem
Message-ID:  <3CC39DEE.5080203@yahoo.com>
References:  <3CC38631.60409@yahoo.com> <1019450301.63512.1.camel@shame.zighelboim.com>

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ls -l /dev/ast0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator  119,   0 Apr 20 20:30 /dev/ast0

should it be different, I'm doing this as root?


Raul Zighelboim wrote:

>Just guessing......
>
>	You can read, but not write to tape;
>	Have you checked permissions ?
>
>
>
>On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 22:40, Justin L. Boss wrote:
>
>>This is the third time I have asked this.
>>
>>I'm trying to backup to a Iomega 5G internal tape drive. It seams like 
>>it is working when I do a:
>>
>>mt -f /dev/ast0 status
>>Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi      Compression
>>Current:  0x01:X3.22-1983      512 bytes      800      none
>>---------available modes---------
>>0:        default              variable       0        none
>>1:        default              variable       0        none
>>2:        default              variable       0        none
>>3:        default              variable       0        none
>>---------------------------------
>>File Number: 0    Record Number: 0    Residual Count 0
>>
>>but when I do a:
>>
>>mt -f /dev/ast0 erase
>>mt: /dev/ast0: erase: Input/output error
>>
>>
>>and when I do a:
>>
>>tar -zpcf /dev/ast0 /home
>>tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive.
>>tar (child): can't write to /dev/ast0 : Input/output error
>>
>>my dmesg output for the tape looks like this:
>>
>>ast0: TAPE <Seagate STT20000A> at ata1-slave using PIO4
>>
>>I thank you for your help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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