--On Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:54:20 -0500 Josiah Ritchie <jritchie AT 
bible DOT edu> wrote:

> So I'm running these commands that Jay gave me.
> 
># mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
># mt -f /dev/nst0 status
># tar cbf 64 /dev/nst0 /etc
># tar cbf 64 /dev/nst0 /var
> 
> Then I ran:
># tar cbf 64 /dev/nst0 /usr
> and received this message.
> 
> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
> tar: /dev/nst0: Wrote only 0 of 32768 bytes
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> 
> Does that indicate that the tape is full? I'm figuring not, because it said it
> didn't write anything from that last command.
> 
> When I entered the next command:
># mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> /dev/nst0: No such device or address

If the mt rewind and status commands you listed at the top worked, but
now you get an error, I would guess the drive or interface has locked up.
Check your system logs for errors.

Frank

> 
> So I 'rmmod st; modprobe st' and tried again with the error "/dev/nst0:
> Input/output error" The LEDs on the front of this SDT-9000 are all solid lit. 
> My
> chart doesn't include that combo, but I'm guess the device needs to be reset 
> for
> some reason.
> 
> Can anyone confirm my suspicions or replace them? Any idea how I can reset the
> device w/out rebooting the server?
> 
> Thanks,
> Josiah
> 
> -- 
> System Administrator
> Washington Bible College/Capital Bible Seminary
> http://www.bible.edu



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