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3 total messages Started by Henk Goosen Mon, 03 Aug 1992 07:53

#362

Author: Henk Goosen
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 07:53

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I'm trying to use dump with an Archive Python DAT drive. The dump seems to work  
fine (using "dump 0fsu /dev/rst0 1200000 /dev/sd0a" for example). However, if I  
do "restore fi /dev/rst0" to check on the dump, it frequently does not work,  
reporting "Tape/disk read error: I/O error". I clean the drive regulary using a  
cleaning cartridge, and I've never had any problems with tar.

Has anyone else seen this behavior with dump and this DAT drive?

Thanks
-- Henk

Hendrik A. Goosen: goosen@cs.uct.ac.za
Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch,
7700 South Africa
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Re: another dump question

#372

Author: John Robison
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 20:33

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Henk Goosen writes
> I'm trying to use dump with an Archive Python DAT drive. The dump seems  
to work  
> fine (using "dump 0fsu /dev/rst0 1200000 /dev/sd0a" for example).  
However, if I  
> do "restore fi /dev/rst0" to check on the dump, it frequently does not  
work,  
>
For our NeXT, and an Exabyte 8mm tape drive, 
I use the rxt0 device. I had problems with the rst0 device.

Regards,

John

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Re: another dump question

#384

Author: Richard H. E. Eiger
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 18:48

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In article <BsEDwC.D6t@casper.cs.uct.ac.za> goosen@ikura.cs.uct.ac.za (Henk  
Goosen) writes:
> I'm trying to use dump with an Archive Python DAT drive. The dump seems to  
work  
> fine (using "dump 0fsu /dev/rst0 1200000 /dev/sd0a" for example). However, if  
I  
> do "restore fi /dev/rst0" to check on the dump, it frequently does not work,  
> reporting "Tape/disk read error: I/O error". I clean the drive regulary using  
a  
> cleaning cartridge, and I've never had any problems with tar.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this behavior with dump and this DAT drive?
> 
> Thanks
> -- Henk
> 
> Hendrik A. Goosen: goosen@cs.uct.ac.za
> Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch,
> 7700 South Africa
> --------

Same happened to me. THe solution:

restore ibf 10 /dev/rst0

Your dump is ok, I'm pretty sure. BTW I had problems using tar because of some  
pathnames exceeding the maximum allowed.

	Richard
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