Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 00:40:02 +0200 From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: EXA 8200 tape drive on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19980811004002.C1778@mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980809173215.283A-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za>; from Peter van Heusden on Sun, Aug 09, 1998 at 05:32:27PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980809173215.283A-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za>
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On 1998-08-09 17:32 +0200, Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za> wrote: > However, I cannot write to it at all - even after a 'mt erase', I get the > following: > > bash# mt rewind > bash# dd if=/kernel of=/dev/nrst0 bs=64 count=1024 > dd: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes transferred in 0.082043 secs (0 bytes/sec) > bash# Did you try shorter transfers (less than 64KB blocks) ? I seem to remember, that the EXABYTE 8200 was limited to less than 64KB per block (i.e. 63KB works, but 64KB doesn't). Regards, STefan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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