Date: Wed, 14 Feb 96 01:23:43 +0100 From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> To: faulkner@asgard.bga.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: variable blocks on HP C1533A 9503 4mm Tape Drive Message-ID: <9602140023.AA12390@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> In-Reply-To: <199602132213.QAA21722@asgard.bga.com> (faulkner@asgard.bga.com)
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>>>>> "Boyd R Faulkner" writes: > Can you read tapes made with variable blocking with a HP C1533A 9503 > SCSI tape drive on FreeBSD? I have tried all the devices and the source > seems to imply it is possible but I have been unable to do it so far. It took me 2 hours the first time I wanted to read a tape written on another (non FreeBSD) machine :-). I have a SONY dat, but I think the problem is the same: mt -f /dev/nrst0 blocksize 0 You have to use the no rewind device file! using rst0 does not work. You also need to use nrst0 to read the tape. I do not know if this is a bug or a feature of the st driver... Jean-Marc > Thanks, > Boyd > -- > _____________________________________________________________________________ > Boyd Faulkner "The fates lead him who will; > faulkner@asgard.bga.com Him who won't, they drag." > http://asgard.bga.com/~faulkner Old Roman Saying -- Source: Joseph Campbell > _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Jean-Marc Zucconi Observatoire de Besancon F 25010 Besancon cedex PGP Key: finger jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr =============================================================================
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