From owner-freebsd-current Mon Sep 9 13:38:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA17712 for current-outgoing; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 13:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA17706; Mon, 9 Sep 1996 13:38:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199609092038.NAA17706@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Richard J Kuhns cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem in -current In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 09 Sep 1996 15:06:36 CDT." <199609092006.PAA11006@watson.grauel.com> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 13:38:08 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I then tried to reload some stuff from my /usr backup (Infocom games, as it >happens) -- no luck. The tape positions itself when I put it in, but when >I run "tar -tvf /dev/rst0", the light on the tape drive comes on for a >fraction of a second, and that's it -- I get my prompt back. There are no >error messages anywhere; tar doesn't complain, there's nothing on the >console, and nothing new under /var/log. > >I tried running a new backup; I could create it and re-read it without any >trouble. My guess would be that -current is using a different default block size for your tape drive then -stable. You should do an "mt status" on both platforms and look for differences. >-- >Rich Kuhns rjk@grauel.com >PO Box 6249 Tel: (317)477-6000 \ >100 Sawmill Road x319 >Lafayette, IN 47903 (800)489-4891 / > -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================