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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 00:40:02 +0200
From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za>,
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Cc: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: EXA 8200 tape drive on FreeBSD?
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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

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