On 9/16/06, Mats <netbsd@comhem.se> wrote:
> Hi
> I have a seagate ide tapestation. It works *almost* perfect with
> NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1. But one trouble is that the tape size is
> 10/20 GB, but that is never used. I use this command -
> /sbin/dump -0u -f /dev/nrst0 /home
> and the home directory is something around 512meg.
> I have rewind the tape with mt rewind.
>
> mt status gives -
> SCSI tape drive, residual=0
> ds=3 <Mounted>
> cr=0
> blocksize: 512 (0,0,0,0)
> density: 0 (0,0,0,0)
> current file number: 0
> current block number: 0
>
> He starts backing up and he can restore afterwards but he asks for at least two tapes to backup 512 meg.
>
> I have also tried -
> /sbin/dump -0ua -f /dev/nrst0 /home
> witch gives the message that he cant find the default density.

That's a device driver problem for that particular drive, probably.

What does the dmesg report about this drive? What type of drive is it?

Andy