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On 12/22/05, daniel <danstemporaryaccount@×××××.ca> wrote: |
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> I've having considerable trouble with writing to a simple tape drive and I'm |
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> hoping that someone here has some experience with it: |
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> I'm using a Quantum Superloader, so I've installed mtx to manipulate the |
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> tapes. This part works without issue. |
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> Load the tape from slot #3: |
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> # mtx -f /dev/sg2 load 3 |
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> Now that it's in the drive, I try to tar something onto it: |
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> # cd / |
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> # tar cf /dev/st0 bin/ |
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> bin/ |
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> bin/bash |
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> <a VERY long wait> |
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> tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Input/output error |
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> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now |
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Oy, it has been a _really_ long time since I used tape, so this is all |
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from memory, but I think you need to set the block size of the tape |
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drive and tar to make them agree. Try: |
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mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 0 |
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tar -cf /dev/st0 -b64 bin/ |
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The above should set the tape drive to use variable size blocks, and |
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then use tar to write 32k blocks to it. That is if I remember my mt |
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commands correctly... |
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-Richard |
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