On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 11:23:32PM -0600, Warner Losh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David Krinsky writes:
> : Any ideas? I'm quite happy to help debug this one, if you have any
> : thoughts on where to go with it--I need to get backups working, and
> : I'd much rather not have to buy a new tape drive or switch OSes...
>
> reboot. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/tape count=1000 bs=24k.
>
> Then see if you still have the problem. I've seen errors like the
> ones you reported, but this fixed it for me.
Yep.
Or rather, the dd itself triggers the error.
> Also, make sure that your drive is good. I had one I had to return
> because it was bad. Soren said the driver worked, and I could never
> get it working for me. The replacement worked like a charm.
Well, it's brand-new, and I didn't get it at a garage sale. :-)
We know it's got a write head; I've succeeded at doing
backups and restores of small directory hierarchies, so I kind of
doubt it's the drive...
Thanks for the suggestion, though. dd is the magic bullet in so many
situations, it's always worth a shot. :-)
Dave.
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