Arrrgghhh I figure it out.... One must use nst0 instead of st0... grrrr
João Seabra wrote: > Hello > > I have an HP DAT 72 USB drive model C7438A. > I have followed the instructions provided by HP for configuring the tape > drive and everything *seems* to be in place. > I say seems because flexbackup --test-tape-drive fails all the > time.After some debugging and losing quite a couple of hours i was > trying to write files by hand to the tape after which i would execute > the command: > mt -f /dev/st0 tell > and the result is allways: At block 0. > No matter how many files I write or whatever I do the result i get is > allways At block 0. > In the begginging in used to erase the tape but it took so many hours > (2h or so) that now i just rewind it but nevertheless the result was the > same. > Any ideas how to solve this and finnaly start making some backups? > > Kind Regards, > > João Seabra > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > flexbackup-help mailing list > flexbackup-help@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flexbackup-help > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ flexbackup-help mailing list flexbackup-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flexbackup-help