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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.nla.gov.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ac.net!news.cais.net!news.fc.net!obiwan!bob From: bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200 hoses 2.1R Sender: bob@obiwan.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) Organization: Bob's Place, Austin TX Message-ID: <Doqsry.32L@obiwan.pmr.com> References: <315227E3.67B6250D@netcom.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: luke.pmr.com Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 22:50:22 GMT Lines: 17 In article <315227E3.67B6250D@netcom.com>, jamont <jamont@netcom.com> wrote: >I've got an Exabyte 8200 8mm drive on my 2.1R system, attached to an Asus NCR-810 controller. When I >try to tar multiple files to tape, my system hangs. Reading works ok. Can anyone suggest a fix? You might try using mt to set the blocksize to 0 (for variable length) first. I have several of these tape drives connected to FreeBSD systems with the same controller w/o problems (though I generally use dump with them). > >John Montgomery -- Bob Willcox bob@luke.pmr.com Austin, TX