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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Can't write to DAT from PI.
- Message-ID: <skdgogk@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 02:57:53 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.131112.730@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1992Nov20.131112.730@ifi.unizh.ch> wei@ifi.unizh.ch (Qing Wei) writes:
- | I want to backup files on a DAT tape connected to a PI,
- | both tar and bru did not work.
- |
- | %tar cvvvvf /dev/dat .
- | ...
- | tar: tape write error: I/O error
- |
- |
- | %bru -cvvvf /dev/dat .
- | ...
- | bru: warning - Input/Output Error
- | bru: load volume 1 and enter device [default: /dev/dat] >>
- |
- | and on the console I got (in both cases):
- |
- | NOTICE: SCSI tape #4 Unrecoverable error
- | NOTICE: SCSI tape #4 Unrecoverable error
- |
- | But I can still read a DAT tape with files on it both by tar and bru.
- | What's the problem?
-
- Well, as per recent articles in this group, change master.d/tpsc
- so the drive is recognized as a DAT, set the DIP switches right,
- and make sure that whatever you linked to /dev/dat is correct.
-
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