[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Debians, > > Thank you in advance for any help. > > I recently upgraded my Slackware 3.0 (linux 1.2.13) system to Debian > 1.1 (linux 2.0.6) via InfoMagic's Dec 96 6 cd set, and was disappointed that > mt(1) limitations were not lifted. > > Summary:How can I read and write multiple archives on a floppy tape? > Is anyone writing multiple archives on a Travan floppy tape? > > Problem:mt -f /dev/nrft0 eof > reports "Operation not permitted" > I understood that this was a limitation of linux 1.2.13 but not > of linux 2.0.6. > > tar -cvf /dev/nrft0 . > tar -cvf /dev/nrft0 ./.deleted > writes the first file (archive of .) > does not write the second file (archive of ./.deleted) > > 400MB tapes have ~10%/400MB read error rate. > I suspect that the Travan T-1000 motor is only marginally capable > of handling the moment of inertia of 400MB tapes. > > Workaround: (for past year with Slackware 3.0) > Place only one archive on each tape. > Use /dev/rft0. > Use only 200MB tapes. > > Config: Dell Dimension XPS-133c > Travan T-1000 400MB internal floppy tape controller > Debian 1.1 > linux 2.0.6
Ok, well I haven't used a Travan drive, but I've used many other QIC drives with Linux. I've always put multiple archives on a tape, but I've *never* used the eof command for mt. Why not use the 'fsf' command for mt? Perhaps that will work? -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
