Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-25 Thread cyril bonnard
That's what i actually did, soory for the OT. From: Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:53:32 +0200 On Aug 25 09:33, cyril bonnard wrote: > I wa

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 25 09:33, cyril bonnard wrote: > I was relieved too, but iam currently facing another pb that i cannot solve > by searching the web. > I 'd like to write 60MB cartridge with my 150tape drive.Is that possible? I > tried...but without success...should i change sthg in the tar options? Sorry

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-25 Thread cyril bonnard
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:06:58 +0200 On Aug 24 07:18, cyril bonnard wrote: > Hello! it works! actually i changed the driver (archqic.sys instead of > qic157.sys) and readi

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-24 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 24 07:18, cyril bonnard wrote: > Hello! it works! actually i changed the driver (archqic.sys instead of > qic157.sys) and reading and writing is ok. So u were right the driver was > the pb! > > Cyril I'm relieved to hear that. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, sen

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-24 Thread cyril bonnard
Hello! it works! actually i changed the driver (archqic.sys instead of qic157.sys) and reading and writing is ok. So u were right the driver was the pb! Cyril From: Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to read/wr

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 23 12:56, cyril bonnard wrote: > Ok, i'll reinstall the driver, the strange thg is that wintar-scsi works > fine !? Since wintar-scsi is a proprietary application, I can't look what it's doing differently. AFAIK, wintar-scsi uses low level calls on the SCSI level. Cygwin uses just standa

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-23 Thread cyril bonnard
Ok, i'll reinstall the driver, the strange thg is that wintar-scsi works fine !? to be continued cyril From: Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 23 09:17, cyril bonnard wrote: > So here we are again ;-) > > the output: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ strace -o d:/stracemt mt -f /dev/st0 status > mt: /dev/st0: Invalid request code > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ strace -o d:/stracetar tar -cvf /dev/st0 d:/importPy > d:/importPy/ > d:/impor

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-23 Thread cyril bonnard
From: Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:10:15 +0200 On Aug 23 08:03, cyril bonnard wrote: > hello, here is the new stuff: the traces of tar and mt bzip2ed,

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 23 08:03, cyril bonnard wrote: > hello, here is the new stuff: the traces of tar and mt bzip2ed, and here > the output: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ strace -o d:/strace mt -f /dev/st0 status > mt: /dev/st0: Bad address > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ strace -o d:/stracetar tar -cvf /dev/st0 >

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-23 Thread cyril bonnard
not recoverable: exiting now I think the message given ( "Bad address") may help!? Cyril. From: Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:35:56 +0200 On Aug

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 22 14:46, cyril bonnard wrote: > After installing the new dll of cygwin, the behaviour of mt changed to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ strace -o trace.txt mt -f /dev/st0 status > mt: /dev/st0: Bad address > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ mt -f /dev/st0 status > drive type = Unknown type of tape d

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 22 12:42, cyril bonnard wrote: > So, W2k recognizes the device as a "ARCHIVE VIPER 150 21531" and the file > pointed for driving is qic157.sys Er... well, right, there are at least three different tape drive types which have been sold as Sun 411 tape drives. The Archive Viper is a QIC dri

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-22 Thread cyril bonnard
So, W2k recognizes the device as a "ARCHIVE VIPER 150 21531" and the file pointed for driving is qic157.sys I 've done the strace, but my poor knowledge prevent me from analyzing it correctly so as recommended by Corinna i've attached the trace file. thank you for your help. Cyril.

Re: Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 22 07:50, cyril bonnard wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I try to read and write data to a tape using tar under CIGWIN with: > > -a SUN MODEL 411 tape reader hosted in my PC through a SCSI card > -Win 2000 > -latest Cygwin version > > when i try to get info about the tape i get: > > $ mt -f

Unable to read/write to a tape with tar

2005-08-22 Thread cyril bonnard
Hello everybody, I try to read and write data to a tape using tar under CIGWIN with: -a SUN MODEL 411 tape reader hosted in my PC through a SCSI card -Win 2000 -latest Cygwin version when i try to get info about the tape i get: $ mt -f /dev/st0 status mt: /dev/st0: Invalid request code when i