"Walter L. Preuninger II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, i need to back up that 9GB disk drive. My system has an Eagle(Exabyte) > tape drive. The cartridge has TR3 on it. 95 seems to save files to a tape. > I can retension the tape by mt -f/dev/ftape retenstion, but when I try to > erase or save something to the tape, I get: > mt: /dev/ftape: I/O error
Not all devices support all commands, erase for example. Doing an erase is unnecessary before writing, btw. And when the device doesn't support a command, you get an I/O error. Presumably you're using tar, afio, or cpio to actually write to the tape? Does that also give an error? Guy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
