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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!mindspring!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-5.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-hub.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-ana-7.sprintlink.net!news.sover.net!news.monad.net!usenet From: Paul Venezia <pvenezia@monad.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: help with SCSI tape setup Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 11:53:20 -0500 Organization: jpj.net Lines: 67 Message-ID: <330F2480.3D0B@monad.net> References: <01bc1e87$0e4fa490$c8dc78c1@zombie> Reply-To: pvenezia@monad.net NNTP-Posting-Host: johnnyb.jpj.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------581E6EF52CB81" X-Sender: Paul Venezia <pvenezia@monad.net> (Unverified) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b1 (Win95; I) To: Andrew <Andrew@mvt.ie> X-Priority: Normal Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:2595 ------------581E6EF52CB81 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I use the same tape drives, and I get the same error. I believe it's a bug. If you do a `mt -f /dev/nrst0 rew` it should respond by rewinding the tape, or giving you a `device busy` error. I've used Archive Pyhton drives and Adaptec controllers for about 1 year now, with no problems. Also, a good command for a complete basebackup with the Archive is: dump 0uBf 12288000 /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0a (or whatever partition) and a incramental: dump 1uBf 12288000 /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0a I don't know why that error occurs, but try the basebackup cmd line as above, and the drive should respond normally. -- Paul Venezia - MonadNet System Administrator pvenezia@monad.net http://www.monad.net ------------581E6EF52CB81 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <HTML><BODY> <DT>I use the same tape drives, and I get the same error. I believe it's a bug. If you do a `mt -f /dev/nrst0 rew` it should respond by rewinding the tape, or giving you a `device busy` error. I've used Archive Pyhton drives and Adaptec controllers for about 1 year now, with no problems. Also, a good command for a complete basebackup with the Archive is: </DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>dump 0uBf 12288000 /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0a (or whatever partition) </DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>and a incramental: </DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>dump 1uBf 12288000 /dev/nrst0 /dev/sd0a<BR> <BR></DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>I don't know why that error occurs, but try the basebackup cmd line as above, and the drive should respond normally.</DT> <DT>--</DT> <DT>Paul Venezia - MonadNet System Administrator<BR> pvenezia@monad.net<BR> http://www.monad.net<BR> </DT> </BODY> </HTML> ------------581E6EF52CB81--