[geeks] wtf.

[Bruce Pullig]

Write protected tape?

At 11:43 PM 12/29/2001, you wrote:
>root at chip:/dev> mt -f /dev/nrst5 status
>HP DDS-4 DAT (Sun) tape drive:
>    sense key(0x6)= Unit Attention   residual= 0   retries= 0
>    file no= 0   block no= 0
>
>(standard hp/sun DDS4 drive, came with a sunblade 1000)
>
>root at chip:/dev> mt -f /dev/nrst5 rewind
>root at chip:/dev> cd /usr/local/sunhelp
>root at chip:/usr/local/sunhelp> ls
>backup-sync  home         passwd       src
>group        mailman      shadow       www
>root at chip:/usr/local/sunhelp> tar cvf /dev/nrst5 .
>tar: Cannot open /dev/nrst5: Permission denied
>tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
>"huh?"
>
>root at chip:/usr/local/sunhelp> ls -al /dev/nrst5
>lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           8 Oct  5 00:51 /dev/nrst5 -> rmt/0lbn
>root at chip:/usr/local/sunhelp> ls -al /dev/rmt/0lbn
>lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          44 Oct  5 00:49 /dev/rmt/0lbn -> 
>../../devices/pci at 8,700000/scsi at 6/st at 5,0:lbn
>root at chip:/usr/local/sunhelp> ls -al 
>/devices/pci\@8,700000/scsi\@6/st\@5,0\:lbn
>crw-rw-rw-   1 root     sys       33,197 Oct  5 00:49 
>/devices/pci at 8,700000/scsi at 6/st at 5,0:lbn
>
>Its a DDS-2 tape; could that be the reason?
>
>I've done a boot -rv, etc.  Tape drive shows up just fine... I've used tons
>of tape drives on solaris before without a problem, and now this..
>
>Bill
>
>--
>Bill Bradford
>mrbill at mrbill.net
>Austin, TX
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   Bruce Pullig
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   Schlumberger Oil & Gas Information Solutions
   Data Management Center
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