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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!seeware!mark From: mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) Subject: Recover from ft0: unrecoverable write error on block 3200 Organization: SeeWare Software Message-ID: <DDy00A.Av@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:00:10 GMT Lines: 24 Hi! When using the ft program to drive my Conner Floppy tape I consistently run into a problem (using the same tape) that I see a message on the console: ft0: unrecoverable write error on block 3200 After this the tape just goes backwards and forth over the same spot on the tape. Even if I kill the ft process I cannot get the tape drive to stop working. The only way I have been able to stop this is by rebooting. My questions are:- (1) Why does the tape go back and forth? (2) How can I kill the ft process so that it releases the tape? Regards, Mark -- /--------------------------------------------------------------/ / Mark Hannon, Melbourne, Australia mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au / / Running FreeBSD - Free Unix for your PC! Ask me for details / /--------------------------------------------------------------/