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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!erg.sri.com!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!convex!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!ticipa!landru.mtc.ti.com!rmfowler From: rmfowler@landru.mtc.ti.com (Rex Fowler) Subject: Reading 8mm tape under FreeBSD 1.0.2 Message-ID: <1994May10.045408.11205@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com> Sender: usenet@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com (USENET News System) Organization: Manufacturing Technology Center, Texas Instruments, Dallas Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 04:54:08 GMT Lines: 24 AHA 1542CF SCSI adapter, FreeBSD 1.02. What steps should I have to perform in order to read a 2Gb 8mm tape written in the following steps? # shutdown -r now (make sure tape drive is at defaults) # tar cvf /dev/rst0 . (writes tape without problem) # tar tvf /dev/rst0 (reads fine) # shutdown -r now # tar tvf /dev/rst0 (error, won't read tape) st0: medium error, info = 10 (decimal) I'm getting ready to install 1.1 but I want to be able to reliably read my backups first. I've tried various things with "st" but I can't find a sure-fire method to be able to guarantee the tape will be readable. Thanks, -- Rex Fowler Inet : <rmfowler@landru.mtc.ti.com> Texas Instruments TI MSG : rfow Dallas Tx Phone : (214)995-4001