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sgi 8.2.9: mtools

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron M. Hoffmann)
Mon Aug 31 20:57:01 1998

To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc: hoffmann@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:56:57 EDT
From: "Ron M. Hoffmann" <hoffmann@MIT.EDU>

System name:		paddington.mit.edu
Type and version:	IP22 8.2.9 (with mkserv)
Display type:		XL-24

What were you trying to do?
	use mcopy to copy a file from AFS onto a zip disk.

What's wrong:
	I get errors and it does not appear the file gets
	transferred in it's entirety, or copying it back
	to verify is failing:

================

% ls -l RMAIL
-rw-------    1 hoffmann mit      10244825 Aug 31 20:42 RMAIL

% mcopy RMAIL z:RMAIL
scsi status=2
SCMD_WRITE: Error 0
buffer_flush: write: Error 0
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address
scsi_io: Bad address
SCMD_WRITE: Bad address
buffer_flush: write: Bad address	

% mdir z:
 Volume in drive Z has no label
 Volume Serial Number is 6CD3-2A4B
 Directory for Z:/

rmail         10244825 08-31-1998   8:45p
        1 file(s)        10 244 825 bytes
                         90 198 016 bytes free

% mread z:rmail
Copying rmail
scsi status=2
SCMD_READ: Error 0
file read: Error 0

% ls -l rmail
-rw-------    1 hoffmann mit      8497152 Aug 31 20:52 rmail

==============

What should have happened:
	The file should have been copied in it's entirety
	without errors in the process.

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
	Well, it ought to work, no?

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