From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 11 21:46:41 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id VAA07554 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 21:46:41 -0800 Received: from Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (root@starbase.NeoSoft.COM [198.64.6.26]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA07548 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 21:46:39 -0800 Received: from metal.ops.neosoft.com (root@metal-s0.ops.NeoSoft.COM [198.65.161.251]) by Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id XAA29255 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 23:46:35 -0600 X-Provider: NeoSoft, Inc.: Internet Service Provider (713) 684-5969 Received: (from smace@localhost) by metal.ops.neosoft.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) id XAA00656 for hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 23:46:33 -0600 From: Scott Mace Message-Id: <199503120546.XAA00656@metal.ops.neosoft.com> Subject: problem with tape and dump/restore To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 23:46:32 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 433 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I decided to try and use dump/restore for a change and found that restore will not read the tape: here's what I do: dump 0ufB /dev/nrst0 2048000 /var mt -f /dev/nrst0 rew restore tvf /dev/nrst0 this results in a: st0(bt0:4:0): NO SENSE info:00005800 tar works perfectly I'm using a HP 4mm HP35470A, and a buslogic 747s if any more info is needed, or any tests anyone would want me to try, I'll be happy to do it.. Scott