rkw@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Dr. R.K. Wright) (08/15/90)
I am trying to use the tape drive and only have the window type manual. Recently Lenny Tropiano wrote that tar cvf - . | dbuf -oT25600 /dev/rft3 would work. It does not for me dbuf -i /dev/rft3 on a tape prepared from windows gives me what is on the tape. Any attempt to do dbuf -o or dbuf -oT25600 give me a cannot read write error and the light never comes on. I think perhaps a preliminary step is missing. Does anyone know the trick? It is 3B1 3.51m for those to whom this may make a difference. Thanks. uunet!medex2!rkw rkw@ftl.fl.us
lenny@icus.ICUS.COM (Lenny Tropiano) (08/16/90)
In article <1990Aug15.095735.24252@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> rkw@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Dr. R.K. Wright) writes: |>I am trying to use the tape drive and only have the window type |>manual. |> |>Recently Lenny Tropiano wrote that |>tar cvf - . | dbuf -oT25600 /dev/rft3 |>would work. It does not for me |> |>dbuf -i /dev/rft3 on a tape prepared from windows gives me what |>is on the tape. Any attempt to do dbuf -o or dbuf -oT25600 give me a |>cannot read write error and the light never comes on. [...] Well can't say much other than to check the "write protect status" of the tape. If the tape is turned to "SAFE" then that's the problem. I tried the "tar" command and it worked just fine ... -Lenny -- | Lenny Tropiano ICUS Software Systems lenny@icus.ICUS.COM | | {ames,pacbell,decuac,sbcs,hombre,rayssd}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny | +------ ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752 ------+