Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 21:41:29 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ast0: TAPE <OnStream DI-30> Message-ID: <5.0.1.4.0.20010201213224.02e8e2e0@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <200102011733.SAA66640@freebsd.dk> References: <4.2.2.20010201104340.013e00d8@marble.sentex.net>
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At 06:33 PM 2/1/01 +0100, Soren Schmidt wrote:
> > ruby2# tar -b 4096 -c -f /dev/nrast0 altq-3.0
> > tar: can't write to /dev/nrast0 : Input/output error
> >
> > It just gives a series of
> > ast0: bad request, must be multiple of 32768
> > ast0: bad request, must be multiple of 32768
> > ast0: bad request, must be multiple of 32768
> > ast0: bad request, must be multiple of 32768
> > ast0: bad request, must be multiple of 32768
> > ast0: bad request, must be multiple of 32768
> >
> > no matter what block size I try.
>
>You havn't what it says to you ie 32k blocksize ie:
>
>tar cvbf 64 /dev/rast0 bla bla....
Thanks, yes it does work with 64, the one multiple I did not try.
>I have a drive here that onstream sent me back when with docs, but to be
>brutally honest the drive and especially the firmaware sucks..
Yes, I figure it was a "cheap" drive in every sense. I was hoping that it
could act as a sort of backup to a backup. For my important servers, we
have dat drives, and for others where the situation makes sense, we use
rsync with ssh to dump the data onto big cheap IDE drives on another
server. I was looking for a way to periodically backup these IDE drives
and was hoping the Onstream drives would do the trick. We have had way too
many bad travan tapes so we dont want to go with them. I thought I would
give the onstream a try to see how it did.
---Mike
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