Thank you, Charles. That pointed me in the right direction and I found an
error in the script (changed partions but not script).

I have yet to find a definitive answer to the question of parameter values
to dump for different devices and media. Is the following correct?

b=126
d=108000	# original Exabyte uses 54000, Eliant is double that
s=8500		# for 160m tape (note that 160*6000/112=8571)
		# standard 112m uses 6000

Thanks.

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 12:10:45PM -0500, Claude Marinier wrote:
> > >>From time to time (more frequently of late), dump dies partway through the
> > backup script. What does this mean?
> >
> > 	DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails: Device not configured
>
> It's trying to prompt you for a tape change, but you're probably running
> it from cron or something and there is no controlling terminal to get
> input from.

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