This is what I've tried:
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 erase
tar cvf /dev/nqft0 /home
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 fsf 1
tar cvf /dev/nqft0 /etc
And
tmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 erase
tar cvf /dev/nqft0 /home
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 eof
tar cvf /dev/nqft0 /etc
When I try to do a status on the device, it always shows that I'm writing over top of the last file. In other words the space used never grows proportionately with what I think I've appended.
And if I do a tar tf /dev/nqft0 it only shows me the last thing I tarred.
Following is an example of one of my attempts with the corresponding status output. As you can see the size used stays the same. Any help would be appreciated.
Tim Brooks
/dev (ttyp0) gateway# tar cf /dev/nrft0 /etc
tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive
/dev (ttyp0) gateway# mt -f /dev/nrft0 rewind
/dev (ttyp0) gateway# ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
This is a HP Colorado T3000 floppy tape drive, (drive type = 0x11c6)
drive status = 0x00e3d865
generic drive status = 0x41000000
(In particular: * at begin of tape * tape online * )
sense key error = 0x00001b1f
residue count = 0
file number =
0
block number = 0
MTIOCVOLINFO result:
file number =
0
block size
= 10240
physical space used = 1.8 megabytes
real size of volume = 1.8 megabytes
MTIOCGETSIZE result:
total bytes on tape = 1.5 gigabytes
total bytes used = 1.9
megabytes
total bytes left = 1.5 gigabytes
/dev (ttyp0) gateway# mt eof
/dev (ttyp0) gateway# tar cf /dev/nrft0 /etc
tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive
/dev (ttyp0) gateway# ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
This is a HP Colorado T3000 floppy tape drive, (drive type = 0x11c6)
drive status = 0x00e3d825
generic drive status = 0x09000000
(In particular: * at end of data * tape online * )
sense key error = 0x00001b1f
residue count = 0
file number =
1
block number = 0
MTIOCVOLINFO result:
file number =
1
block size
= 10240
physical space used = 1.5 gigabytes
real size of volume = 0.0 kilobytes
MTIOCGETSIZE result:
total bytes on tape = 1.5 gigabytes
total bytes used = 1.9
megabytes
total bytes left = 1.5 gigabytes
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