On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Orville Carter wrote:
> 
> 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]#   

What is in /var/log/messages?

What does

    mt -f /dev/nst0 status

say?

I'm lookong for details of block size.

-- 
Regards
Peter
----------
Peter Samuel                            [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.e-smith.org (development)    http://www.e-smith.com (corporate)
Phone: +1 613 368 4398                  Fax: +1 613 564 7739
e-smith, inc. 1500-150 Metcalfe St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1P1 Canada

"If you kill all your unhappy customers, you'll only have happy ones left"

Reply via email to