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From: paigen@tfs.com (David Paigen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: PROBLEM: "Streamer: Block in error not located"
Message-ID: <1992Aug23.170441.23350@tfs.com>
Date: 23 Aug 92 17:04:41 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
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What does this mean?  I am trying to load the bin.dist from
a 60M tape.

I have a 386-25, Wangtek QIC-36 controller, Wangtek QIC-02 tapedrive,
DC600A tapes.  I am using cgd's two-drive boot floppy.  The fixit disk
yields the same error.  I tried to write a file to the tape and read it
back, that worked fine, so I am assuming that the tape drive I wrote
the bin.dist with is not compatable.  Ug.  Back to the drawing board...

But, anyway, what does this error mean?  I got the same error from
'cpio < /dev/rwt0' and 'dd if=/dev/rwt0', so I think it comes from the
device driver.

Also, thanks to everyone who helped my get my tape drive working.  The
"obvious" answer and the answer I got from Wangtek both failed, if it
had not been for the net, I would still be tearing my hair out.

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