----- Original Message -----
>
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Darrell May wrote:
>
> > Charlie Brady wrote:
> > >
> > > mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
> > > dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/st0 bs=1024k
> > > dd of=/dev/st0 of=/dev/null bs=1024k
> > >
> > > If you get an I/O error at anything other then end of tape
> > > during either
> > > dd operation, you have a problem with the tape or tape drive.
> >
> > Charlie, curious results from these commands?
> >
> > [root@e-smith /root]# mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
> > [root@e-smith /root]# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/st0 bs=1024k
> > dd: writing `/dev/st0': Input/output error
> > 0+1 records in
> > 0+0 records out
>
> Hmmm, not sure about that. That means that you were not able to write a
> 1MB block of data to the front of the tape. Peter?
>
> > [root@e-smith /root]# dd of=/dev/st0 of=/dev/null bs=1024k
> >
> > 0+1 records in
> > 0+1 records out
>
> Woops, typo on my part. That should read:
>
> dd if=/dev/st0 of=/dev/null bs=1024k
Here is is!
[root@Server1 /root]# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/st0 bs=1024
dd: writing `/dev/st0': Input/output error
0+2 records in
0+1 records out
[root@Server1 /root]#
[root@Server1 /root]# dd if=/dev/st0 of=/dev/null bs=1024
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
[root@Server1 /root]#
Orville
