Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:20:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WangDat 3100 SCSI tape Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808102316520.20340-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19980810141123.H11095@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 9 August 1998 at 22:53:16 -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > > I have the unit in the subject line, and I'm trying to get it working. > > Does anyone know if it has a preference for a particular density and > > blocksize? > > Not that I know of. > > > Also, using mt, how does one go about formatting a tape? > > You don't. > > > So far, in experimenting (using mt and tar) I've been completely > > unsuccessful. I've been using /dev/rst0ctl.0 to set defaults, but > > nothings working yet. Appreciate any help ... I have no idea where this > > guy came from, so I can't go back to the vendor. > > What's the problem? You don't need to format the tape, just tar to > it. What happens when you do that? I got a new tape, to make sure that wasn't the problem. I have the density set to "X3B5/88-185A", Blocksize variable. I tried to tar my home directory onto it, which has more than 100M now. I get about 20 files into that, I get to a leftover kernel, and: .. .. chuckr/.login chuckr/.addressbook.lu chuckr/kernel tar: can't write to /dev/rst0 : Input/output error moon:/usr/home:7 > I'm doing this as root. I chose the density not because of the name, but because it numerically matched the density called out in the drive specification (I located that and downloaded it). > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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