From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 13 18:09:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA26758 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 18:09:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA26746 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 18:08:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id VAA23094; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 21:10:53 -0500 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199602140210.VAA23094@hda.com> Subject: Re: variable blocks on HP C1533A 9503 4mm Tape Drive To: jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr (Jean-Marc Zucconi) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 21:10:52 -0500 (EST) Cc: faulkner@asgard.bga.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9602140023.AA12390@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> from "Jean-Marc Zucconi" at Feb 14, 96 01:23:43 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > 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... It is a feature. Once you rewind you start a new session. It makes sense once you figure it out. -- Peter Dufault Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267