Subject: Re: dump -a problem
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/12/2002 15:59:29
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 @ 9:53pm (+0200), Wojciech Puchar wrote:

WP> i've got "new" DDS-1 tape drive with compression. i started dump with -a
WP> option (autodetect end of tape). what i've got was
WP>
WP>   DUMP: write error 2876544 blocks into volume 1
WP>   DUMP: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no") no
WP>
WP>
WP> instead of "insert next volume"
WP>
WP> while dmesg shows:
WP>
WP> st0(adv0:6:0):  Check Condition on CDB: 0x0a 00 00 80 00 00
WP>     SENSE KEY:  Recovered Error
WP>                 EOM Detected
WP>    INFO FIELD:  32768
WP>      ASC/ASCQ:  End-Of-Partition/Medium Detected

...see if tar works with:

     -M
     --multi-volume          Create/list/extract multi-volume archive.

-lava



WP>          SKSV:  Actual Retry Count: 2
WP>
WP>
WP> - looks OK
WP>
WP> so why it doesn't work?
WP>

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