Recompiled again. This time it seems to read everything correctly. BS was
supposed to be 10240 not 1024.
I am trying to write to a tape now. Wish me luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Goto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 11:31 PM
Subject: Obviously Not My Day - Iomega 2gb
> First of all apology to all for having request read receipt set on my
> posting. That was dumb on my part.
>
> Not my day obviously. I am using an internal Iomega 2gb. ftmt
consistently
> reports that the tape is write protected when it is not.
> I tried using a colorado t 1000. ftmt reports that the tape is not write
> protected.
>
> When I try to write to a tape in either device I using dd I get permission
> denied or invalid argument, even if I specify a bs of 1024/
>
> Any suggestions.
>
>
>