J Wunsch wrote:
> How exactly do you do it? It works for me.
>
I've been using the following syntax in my script:
tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /foo
tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /bar
tar -cv /dev/nrst0 /foobar
When I check the tape the next morning, I do:
mt rewind
(tape already seems to be rewound)
tar -tv
(yields the tar of foobar - the last from the list)
mt fsf 1
(nothing seems to happen)
tar -tv
(yields the tar of foobar - the last from the list)
Is there a quicker way to test and make sure that the /nrst0 device
really is no rewind? Some way to copy something directly, perhaps?
cpio, maybe? I've only ever worked with DAT in the past and have
never had these problems.
> > Dumping a 496meg file system reports that I need 10.2 tapes!
>
> Dumps defaults are stupid. Use `dump -a' instead (but beware, EOF
> detection is currently broken, there's an open PR for this).
Other folks recommended this strategy. I will try this one in the
morning.
Thank you all for your help.
Also, Joerg, since you seem to know the particular device, I have one
last
question:
The docs indicate that I can jump the 51000HT to be either SCSI-1 or
SCSI-2
and yet the jumper maps show no such jumper. Currently, I'm SCSI 1. Do
you know how to set this?
= allan