chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) (08/01/90)
According to UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer): >We are having a problem where a > tar cv dirname >commands "seems" to start working, but then freezes up. >The tape /dev/rct0 starts to whir, and tar prints out the first >6 or 7 files being added to the archive, but then the tape and >the tar output just come to a halt. >[System is Compaq 386/33 running SCO Unix 3.2] I, also, have seen this problem. The only fix I could come up with was to shut down and power-off the Compaq. -- Chip Salzenberg at ComDev/TCT <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!ateng!tct!chip>
tore@ifi.uio.no (Tore Solvar Karlsen) (08/10/90)
> >We are having a problem where a > > tar cv dirname > >commands "seems" to start working, but then freezes up. > >The tape /dev/rct0 starts to whir, and tar prints out the first > >6 or 7 files being added to the archive, but then the tape and > >the tar output just come to a halt. > >[System is Compaq 386/33 running SCO Unix 3.2] > > I, also, have seen this problem. The only fix I could come up with > was to shut down and power-off the Compaq. > -- > Chip Salzenberg at ComDev/TCT <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!ateng!tct!chip> The problem may come from lack of memory. Running a tapedrive consumes lots of memory. I'm not an expert on this, but I seem to remember that to use a QIC-150 tapedrive I had to install more than 4Mb of RAM. Perhaps someone can explain the connection between tapedrives and need of RAM. -- Tore Solvar email: tore@ifi.uio.no
martin@hppcmart.HP.COM (Martin Croome) (08/31/90)
duncan@unisup1.UUCP (Duncan Anderson) writes... > > From article <8@utekza.UUCP>, by kevin@utekza.UUCP (Kevin Gribble): > > I must admit I have had some customers with the same problem. I have seen > > on the BBS that SCO are now working on a fix for Wangtek. It did not say > > for which tape drive (60 MB or 150 MB), but was due for release soon. > > The fix in question is apparently unx200, which hasn't come out yet. > SCO reckons it is currently in preparation. ????. UNX-199 fixed all problems with Wangtek/Tecmar/Archive for me. It gives static DMA buffers which seemed to be the problem. > > regards > Duncan Anderson > email: unisup1!duncan > ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin CROOME !'s - hplabs!hpgnd!hppcmart!martin Hewlett Packard @'s - martin@hppcmart.grenoble.hp.com Grenoble Personal Computer Division HPDesk - Martin CROOME / HP6300/K1 Technical Mktg - Online Support -------------------------------------------------------------------------------