From: Khalid Aziz <khalid@fc.hp.com>
To: rjk@greenend.org.uk
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: problem with ide-scsi and IDE tape drive
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:28:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BDF45B6.5B7FA397@fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1004484541.12716.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com> <200110302359.f9UNxht09639@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
Pete Zaitcev wrote:
>
> > I originally found this under 2.2.19, and upgraded to 2.4.13 to see if
> > the problem was still there when running more recent code. It is.
>
> > mt -f $TAPE rewind
> > echo "tape 1" | dd conv=sync of=$TAPE bs=$hsize count=1
> >
> > for x in 1 2 3; do
> > mt -f $TAPE rewind
> > dd if=$TAPE of=/dev/null bs=$hsize
> > date
> > tar -c -b 20 -f $TAPE /boot
> > done
>
> Try "mt fsf" instead dd, see if that helps.
>
> -- Pete
dd is not guaranteed toposition you beyond the filemark after the first
record. You have to be positioned beyond the filemark to start writing.
Pete's suggestion is a good one. "mt fsf" will position the tape beyond
the filemark and writing to the tape should work at that point.
--
Khalid
====================================================================
Khalid Aziz Linux Systems Operation R&D
(970)898-9214 Hewlett-Packard
khalid@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, CO
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-31 0:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2001-10-30 23:59 ` problem with ide-scsi and IDE tape drive Pete Zaitcev
2001-10-31 0:28 ` Khalid Aziz [this message]
2001-10-31 9:23 ` Richard Kettlewell
[not found] <mailman.1004529422.24577.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2001-10-31 16:48 ` Pete Zaitcev
2001-10-30 23:25 Richard Kettlewell
2001-10-31 2:49 ` Tim Moore
2001-10-31 11:56 ` Kai Makisara
2001-10-31 12:58 ` Richard Kettlewell
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