Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:21:50 -0500 From: "Justin L. Boss" <jlboss@yahoo.com> To: Raul Zighelboim <raul@zighelboim.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Someone please help with backup problem Message-ID: <3CC39DEE.5080203@yahoo.com> References: <3CC38631.60409@yahoo.com> <1019450301.63512.1.camel@shame.zighelboim.com>
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ls -l /dev/ast0 crw-r----- 1 root operator 119, 0 Apr 20 20:30 /dev/ast0 should it be different, I'm doing this as root? Raul Zighelboim wrote: >Just guessing...... > > You can read, but not write to tape; > Have you checked permissions ? > > > >On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 22:40, Justin L. Boss wrote: > >>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. >> >> >> >> >>_________________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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