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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!lazrus.cca.rockwell.com!cacd.rockwell.com!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip048.lax.primenet.com!taxfree From: taxfree@primenet.com (Marshall Field) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Conner QIC SCSI TAPE HELP Date: 30 Jan 1996 11:14:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Lines: 19 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <taxfree.8.00556614@primenet.com> X-Posted-By: ip048.lax.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Hi All, I just installed 2.0 (all patches) and am running a Conner QIC-3080 2/4 GIG SCSI tape off the Bus-Logic 946c. I've RTMF'd dump/restore/mt and managed to get it to work sort-of with dump and restore, but the mt rewind and rsf commands don't work properly. Eventually the tape hangs with I/O device already open errors and requires a reboot to start working again. It seems that with this setup, I'm stuck only writing one file per tape since I can't control the tape position. Is anyone using this (or any similar) drive with any sucess? What's the best way to backup/restore more than one filesystem on one of these tapes? In general, if I get a stuck device (like a tape or confused cdrom) is there a way to reset it without rebooting? Thanks for your help, Henry Stapp