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Re: Stopping tape from rewinding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron J. Grier)
Fri Sep 8 06:25:38 1995
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 01:41:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Aaron J. Grier" <agrier@reed.edu>
To: Louis Mandelstam <louis@khotso.sacc.wn.apc.org>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950906164410.130N-100000@khotso.sacc.wn.apc.org>
On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Louis Mandelstam wrote:
> I'm having a problem with a tape drive which rewinds automatically after
> doing anything, and I can't seem to prevent this. I'm not sure whether
> this is a software or hardware problem, but let's see what other Linux
> SCSI users can offer.
>
> [snip]
>
> tar vcf /dev/tape /root
>
> the tape wins audibly, and after a while, tar exits.
>
> Executing "tar vtf /dev/tape" lists, as expected, the files just written.
>
> "mt retension" does as expected.
>
> "mt fsr 1" and "mt fsr 1000" do as expected, with markedly different
> times taken.
>
> In every case hoever, the tape is rewound after completing the action.
> Whenever I do "mt tell" I get "At block 0." and this is quite correct, as
> the tape really is at the beginning at this point. I can also hear the
> tape being rewound after doing as told.
>
> [snip]
>
> So, can anyone please provide some clues?
This might sound kind of silly, and perhaps you've already tried this,
but have you tried using /dev/nst0 instead of /dev/st0?
I had the same question for a while until I figured it out. :)
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