[geeks] wtf.

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 02:02:51PM -0600, Bruce Pullig wrote:
> Write protected tape?

Nope, tried it both ways. .... I'm at a loss at this point.

Bill

> 
> 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
> >
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