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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.238.120.21!jump.net!news From: Curt Finch <curt@pnk.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: tapestor 8000 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 05:20:31 -0500 Organization: Phoenix Net-Tek LLC Lines: 17 Message-ID: <334A1BEF.41C67EA6@pnk.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pnk.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.7.1-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38727 i have a tapestore 8000 from seagate attached to an adaptec 2940au. i was running freebsd215 but the kernel didn't handle that scsi card so i'm now running the 217 kernel. but with the 215 commands and libs (is that crazy?) these travan tapes are preformatted. i did this: echo hi>>/dev/rst0 and now everytime i try to use that tape i get an I/O error. is it possible to mess up the formatting via a unix command? that seems kind of lame if so -- _______________________________________________________________________ | Curt Finch Phoenix Net-Tek LLC curt@pnk.com 512-795-0709 | | finger me for pgp key. | -----------------------------------------------------------------------