Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, [EMAIL PROTECTED] produced:
> This is what I've tried:
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 retension # always a good idea
> ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
> ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 erase
erase is no longer neccessary (but should not hurt)
> tar cvf /dev/nqft0 /home
> ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
> ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 fsf 1
What happens if you omit that step? (You only need to rewind
the tape to, ah, close it, i.e. update all the headers before
removing it.)
[snip]
> ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 eof
Maybe ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 eom helps ...
> When I try to do a status on the device, it always shows that I'm
> writing over top of the last file. In other words the space used never
> grows proportionately with what I think I've appended.
ls -l /dev/nqft0 should give something like
crw-rw---- 1 root backup 27, 4 Nov 11 1997 /dev/nqft0
(note the "27, 4")
Try the following:
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 retension
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind # just to be sure
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status
tar cf /dev/nqft0 /etc
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind # optional
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status # optional
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 eom
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status
tar cf /dev/nqft0 /home
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status
... then you should see everything working! (note that *n*qft0
is used everywhere)
> /dev (ttyp0) gateway# tar cf /dev/nrft0 /etc
> tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive
> /dev (ttyp0) gateway# mt -f /dev/nrft0 rewind
you want to use ftmt ...
> /dev (ttyp0) gateway# ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
You notice that using /dev/qft0 here rewinds your tape ...
[snip output]
> /dev (ttyp0) gateway# mt eof
> /dev (ttyp0) gateway# tar cf /dev/nrft0 /etc
> tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive
> /dev (ttyp0) gateway# ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
You notice that using /dev/qft0 here rewinds your tape ...
-Wolfgang
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