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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!emory!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!ukma!usenet From: stevem@mscf.uky.edu (Steve McNatton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: tape drive woes Date: 25 Jul 1995 14:47:46 -0400 Organization: University of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences Lines: 47 Message-ID: <3v3e8i$smg@t4.mscf.uky.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: t4.mscf.uky.edu I'm having fits getting a HP35470A tape drive to do anything at all under 2.0. Anyone have any clues? I'm sure the guy is being recognized. > Jul 24 22:58:21 fluffy kernel: tg1 at eaha0 target 2 > Jul 24 22:58:21 fluffy kernel: st0 at tg1 unit 0: HP HP35470A rev 1009 > (SCSI-2) DAT cassette tape Here's a small script I'm using ( taken in part from a earlier post on this group) . #!/bin/sh PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin TAPE=/dev/nrst0 /bin/mt -f $TAPE rewind /sbin/dump uBf 4000000 $TAPE / || exit 1 exit 0 Here's the output I get. (mt commant) st0: not ready: not ready, init command required mt: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error (dump command) DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Jul 25 14:32:50 1995 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to /dev/nrst0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 3915 tape blocks on 0.00 tape(s). st0: not ready: not ready, init command required DUMP: Cannot open output "/dev/nrst0". Any ideas? Okay, I'm sure I need to "init" something, but what? Thanks, - steve -- --- Stephen W. McNatton email: stevem@ms.uky.edu --- University of Kentucky stevem@inslab.uky.edu --- office: (606)257-2342 or 257-3641 --- home: (606)263-1106