dump to /dev/rst0 vs /dev/rst0n

2005-05-07 Thread Xavier
Hi, I'm busy to test a backup procedure on a DDS tape device (Sony, SDT-9000) connected to a BT-948 SCSI card I've different behavious depending on the device used: (My / uses 1002232 blocks): 'dump -0auf /dev/rst0' works but: 'dump -0auf /dev/rst0n' asks for a second tape!? Any idea why EOF

Re: dump to /dev/rst0 vs /dev/rst0n

2005-05-07 Thread Miod Vallat
I've different behavious depending on the device used: (My / uses 1002232 blocks): 'dump -0auf /dev/rst0' works but: 'dump -0auf /dev/rst0n' asks for a second tape!? Non-rewinding tapes are nrst0, not rst0n. And you want to delete that /dev/rst0n file you've just created which has filled