apapp@daitc.daitc.mil (Andy Papp) (02/18/89)
I'm having a problem with pax running on a VAX 11/780. When it gets to the end of a tape, it's not rewinding the tape, nor is it coming up and prompting for the next tape. It does prompt for the next tape when I take it off line, but that corrupts the data. I have gotten pax to successfully run on a Pryamid 98x. Has anyone else had this problem? Andy Papp Control Data Corportation Alexandria, VA.
rouilj@umb.umb.edu (John P. Rouillard) (02/19/89)
In article <344@daitc.daitc.mil> apapp@daitc.UUCP (Andy Papp) writes: > I'm having a problem with pax running on a VAX 11/780. When it gets > to the end of a tape, it's not rewinding the tape, nor is it coming > up and prompting for the next tape. It does prompt for the next > tape when I take it off line, but that corrupts the data. I have > gotten pax to successfully run on a Pryamid 98x. Has anyone else > had this problem? > >Andy Papp >Control Data Corportation >Alexandria, VA. I am compiling PAX on a Unix-PC with gcc-1.32. I DO have pax, cpio and tar modes request a new floppy, but they don't relinquish (unmount) the drive. When I take the disk out and put a new one in, the PC complains, and then when I type in go, cpio/tar immediatly comes back with "Ready for Disk 3" or something to that effect i.e. it seems that it dosen't know that a new disk has been put in. This occurs on both reads and writes for multivolume sets. I haven't tried the last set of patches yet (I am compiling them now) but I didn't see this bug being addressed. Anybody have a clue as to what is going on? ========================================================================== The opinions expressed above are all mine and belong to nobody else. To U-Mass I am just a number. >>>> Person: John Rouillard Physics Major U.S. Snail: Physics Department; U-Mass Boston; Harbor Campus; Boston, MA 02125 E-Mail Addr: rouilj@umb.umb.edu | husc6!umb!rouilj | harvard!umb!rouilj