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- From: jimc@tau-ceti.isc-br.com (Jim Cathey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Subject: Re: Problem with SCSI Streamer
- Message-ID: <2527@tau-ceti.isc-br.com>
- Date: 15 Aug 92 17:10:21 GMT
- References: <1992Aug14.132203.6108@cetia.fr>
- Organization: ISC - Bunker Ramo, Spokane, WA
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- In article <1992Aug14.132203.6108@cetia.fr> rouand@cetia.fr (J-Michel Rouand) writes:
- >Aug 14 11:11:13 next mach: ARCHIVE VIPER 150
- >But, when I try :
- > tar tvf /dev/rst0
- >or tar cvf /dev/rst0 .
- >
- >there is an error: Tape read error (or tape write error).
-
- I have the same drive and had the same problem. I had to write a 3-line
- C program to open /dev/rst0, ioctl it to switch it to character mode (??
- I can't quite remember, and my NeXT is at home), and then exit. After
- that, tar works just fine.
-
- I don't see why the SCSI driver needed to be told this, but what the hell...
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