info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (03/05/85)
From: Rick Watson <rick@ut-ngp.ARPA> Has anyone had any problems with standalone backup reading tapes on a massbus TU78? I keep getting "tape not in ANSI format", even if I have just written the tape under standalone backup. My command line is: $ backup /image/verify mfa0:01mar85.bck/rewind/dens=6250 hsc000$dua0:/init I can go disk -> tape and disk -> disk, but not tape -> disk or tape -> tape. This is only happening (so far) on a newly delivered system that we are trying to bring up for the first time. Rick Watson (rick@ut-ngp.arpa) University of Texas Computation Center
info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (03/06/85)
From: Ronald A. Jarrell <JARRELLRA@VPIVAX3.BITNET> Have you considerd tape drive hardware problems? That sounds a little flaky to me. Could be something as simple as the read gain isn't up as far as it should be.. (or the write, they're independent.) Or, even on a new drive, the heads may well be dirty enough to screw you up. -Ron