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Date:      Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:40:33 -0500
From:      "Justin L. Boss" <jlboss@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Someone please help with backup problem
Message-ID:  <3CC38631.60409@yahoo.com>

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This is the third time I have asked this.

I'm trying to backup to a Iomega 5G internal tape drive. It seams like 
it is working when I do a:

mt -f /dev/ast0 status
Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi      Compression
Current:  0x01:X3.22-1983      512 bytes      800      none
---------available modes---------
0:        default              variable       0        none
1:        default              variable       0        none
2:        default              variable       0        none
3:        default              variable       0        none
---------------------------------
File Number: 0    Record Number: 0    Residual Count 0

but when I do a:

mt -f /dev/ast0 erase
mt: /dev/ast0: erase: Input/output error


and when I do a:

tar -zpcf /dev/ast0 /home
tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive.
tar (child): can't write to /dev/ast0 : Input/output error

my dmesg output for the tape looks like this:

ast0: TAPE <Seagate STT20000A> at ata1-slave using PIO4

I thank you for your help.




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