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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news.duke.edu!agate!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!ncar!usenet From: sitongia@hao.ucar.edu (Leonard Sitongia) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Install from exabyte fails [2.0.5R] Date: 7 Jul 1995 15:19:43 GMT Organization: High Altitude Observatory/NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3tjjaf$1g2@ncar.ucar.edu> Reply-To: sitongia@hao.ucar.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: zia.hao.ucar.edu Probably just a easy configuration issue, but my attempts to install from an exabyte 8200 fail on the record size. I've tried 63k and 10k blocking factors in writing the exabyte tar file on a Solaris Sun. When the install starts reading the tape, it says that the record size is too large. What's the right blocking factor to use? 1? Since this isn't mentioned in the HARDWARE or INSTALL docs, and it's not an install configuration option, I wonder if there's a hardware problem. My configuration is an Adaptec 1542C (I think it's "C") controller, internal and external SCSI disks, CD-ROM on SCSI and the 8200. Thank you very much for your time in considering my questions. -- --Leonard E. Sitongia HAO Sun Unix System Manager sitongia@ncar.ucar.edu voice: (303)497-1509 fax: (303)497-1589 High Altitude Observatory P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307 USA