Art Wildman (wildman@mediaone.net)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:47:43 -0400
Please explain how to control a parport tape drive with mt & tar.
What works...
# insmod paride
# insmod epat
# insmod pt
# tar czvf /dev/npt0 /etc
# mt -f /dev/npt0 rewind
pt0: HP COLORADO 8GBe, master, blocksize 512, 4007 MB
What doesn't work...
# tar -d /dev/npt0
... hung ...<CTRL>-C
... how do I verify archive on tape?
# tar -t /dev/npt0
... hung ...<CTRL>-C
# mt -f /dev/npt0 status
pt0: HP COLORADO 8GBe, master, blocksize 512, 4007 MB
pt0: Unimplemented ioctl 0x801c6d02
/dev/pt0: Invalid argument
... ???
# mt -f /dev/npt0 erase
pt0: HP COLORADO 8GBe, master, blocksize 512, 4007 MB
pt0: Unimplemented mt_op 13
/dev/pt0: Invalid argument
... can't erase & start over???
# mt -f /dev/npt0 fsf 1
pt0: HP COLORADO 8GBe, master, blocksize 512, 4007 MB
pt0: Unimplemented mt_op 1
/dev/pt0: Invalid argument
... how do I skip forward to next archive???
This makes storing multiple tar files on a tape useless, if you can't retrieve
them. Please explain what's going on.
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Art Wildman - wildman@mediaone.net
"As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again,
we might as well try making it round this time." - Mike Dennison
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