mlj8e@mljsg.pharm.Virginia.EDU (Michael Johnson) (02/16/90)
I just observed a problem and thought that I would post it and see if anyone has solved it. I am attempting to backup my IBM-PC disk to the tapedrive on my SGI. The software I am using is SUN's pc-nfs with the lifeline backup option. It all works fine as long as I write to the cartridge tape (tps0d7ns). However, it fails to write to our 8 mm tape, i.e. SGI supported exabyte drive (tps0d6ns). The error message is "LL011F : Write failed". Also the SGI can read and write to the exabyte with no problems. The SGI is a Turbo-16 server (4D-80) running 3.1D of operating system. Presumeably, the problem is the long start and stop time of the exabyte drive. Any ideas on how to solve the problem? -- (804)-924-8607 Michael L. Johnson mlj8e@mljsg.pharm.Virginia.EDU Pharmacology Dept. mlj8e@Virginia.BITNET Box 448; Univ. of Va. Charlottesville, Va. 22908