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Date:      27 Jan 1995 22:07:52 +0100
From:      knarf@nasim.nasim.cube.net (Frank Bartels)
To:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   1.1.5: ft
Message-ID:  <3gbnb8$q9v@nasim.nasim.cube.net>

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Hi!

Environment: 386/40, ISA, Floppy Streamer, FreeBSD 1.1.5.

sogand:/root# dmesg | grep ft
fdc0: [0: fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in] [2: ft0: Colorado tape]

I tried to make a Backup (which usually worked fine):

tar cvlf - / /usr | ft "Backup vom 27.01.94"

After a while the streamer stopped working and ft is still hanging:

sogand:/root# ps -lp 10819
  UID   PID  PPID CPU PRI  NI   VSZ  RSS WCHAN  STAT TT       TIME COMMAND
    0 10819     1   5  -6   0   264    0 bavail DW   p1-   0:04.30 ft Backup vo

sogand:/root# fstat | grep ft
root     ft         10819   wd /             5 drwxr-xr-x     512
root     ft         10819    0* unix stream f0af2694
root     ft         10819    1 -         -        none    -
root     ft         10819    2 -         -        none    -
root     ft         10819    3 /          3212 crw-r-----   rft0a

I tried any signal (1, 15, 9) but the process does not disappear. I
cannot use the floppy now, too:

sogand:/root# cat /dev/rfd0.1440
cat: /dev/rfd0.1440: Device busy

But:

sogand:/root# fstat | grep fd
[nothing]

What can I do? I don't want to reboot.

Bye,
Knarf
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