Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, [EMAIL PROTECTED] produced:
> Apologies for the rather vague subject but I'm more that a little stumped by
> this. I've been running with ftape-3.04c for quite some time now and with no
> complaint (trouble free backups and the odd successful restore when
> required).
> Tonight I can't get a backup to work, I'm constantly getting an I/O error.
> After trying various things (tape retentions, un-load and re-load ftape,
> cycle the power on the machine, etc..) I used ftmt to up the reporting level
> and attempted a backup, the output from that failed session is attached.
Hmmm ... is the tape new or worn out? You did clean the heads
of the tape drive, like the manual of your drive tells you how
to do? If that fails, recheck the electrical connections ...
they may be bad by now. Does the tape drive read written tapes
OK?
-Wolfgang
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