Hi all,



I'm trying to use the "dump" command and am getting a "bad magic 

sblock" error of some sort.  My tape drive is a DC-6250 Sankyo

(250Mb) which is identified as "st0" when I boot up.



The command syntax I'm using is:



dump -0u -c -f /dev/st0 /



I've substituted nrst0 and rst0 for st0, but the nrst0 device

does not exist, and rst0 doesn't work, just as st0 doesn't work.



One day I seemed to get a backup when I did:



mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind

tar -cvp -f /dev/rst0 /



If someone could offer some guidance here, I'd be obliged.  I've 

got several weeks of configuring into my new installation and need

to assure I have a good backup.



Thanks in advance,



(please cc me at the address below if possible)



glen_stewart@associate.com