I just figured out the problem. I removed the picker problem from
chg-chio, but I didn't remove the STDERR problem. I just removed the
STDERR problem, and everything is working fine.
--
Robert Simmons
Systems Administrator
http://www.wlcg.com/
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, John R. Jackson wrote:
> >I am having a problem with the settings for a HP C1557A Surestore 24x6
> >tape changer with amanda 2.4.1p1 and FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE. ...
>
> Which Amanda tape changer are you trying to use?
>
> >I noticed that when I try to cat the device after labeling it I get this
> >error:
> >
> >%cat /dev/nsa0
> >cat: /dev/nsa0: Input/output error
>
> You cannot use "cat" to look at tapes. Use "dd" instead, and make
> sure you position the tape first:
>
> % mt -f /dev/nsa0 rewind
> % dd if=/dev/nsa0 bs=32k
>
> Tapes are processed in "raw" mode, which means reads and writes must match
> the physical record sizes. The "cat" program doesn't know anything about
> that so uses some default buffer size that is obviously not 32 KBytes,
> based on the errors you're getting. The "dd" program allows you to set
> the buffer size.
>
> >I have tried changing the blocksize to 32768:
>
> I would leave it variable.
>
> >Robert Simmons
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
