This is under 4.0d, I was doing my usual dump to 4mm tape when I got this
(twice). the only change is that I just ran my cleaning tape in there.
and the write protect is off. any ideas?
dump: Dumping from host josephus.furph.com
dump: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Nov 1 21:32:41 1998 EST
dump: Date of last level 0 dump: the start of the epoch
dump: Dumping /dev/rrz0g (/usr) to /dev/nrmt0h
dump: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
dump: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
dump: Estimate: 1998622 tape blocks on 5 volume(s)
dump: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
dump: Volume 1, tape # 0001, begins with blocks from i-node 2
dump: 0.03% done -- finished in 02:13
dump: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
dump: 3.12% done -- finished in 02:36
...
dump: 79.96% done -- finished in 00:47
dump: Check if tape is write protected.
dump: Write error -- wanted to write: 10240, only wrote: -1
slave_work(): write(): I/O error
dump: Write error - /dev/nrmt0h, volume 1, 8229 feet -- cannot recover
dump: NEEDS ATTENTION: Do you want to restart this volume?: ("yes" or
"no")
yes
dump: Replace the faulty tape with a new one
dump: after it has finished rewinding
dump: This dump volume will be rewritten
dump: If this volume contained more than one
dump: dump, only the last one will be rewritten
dump: on the new volume; previous dumps are still
dump: intact on the faulty volume
dump: Rewinding and unloading tape
dump: Change Tape: Mount volume 1, tape # 0001
dump: Estimate: 1998622 tape blocks on 5 volume(s)
dump: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
dump: Volume 1, tape # 0001, begins with blocks from i-node 2
dump: 0.03% done -- finished in 01:06
dump: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
dump: 3.29% done -- finished in 02:27
...
dump: 72.41% done -- finished in 01:10
dump: Check if tape is write protected.
dump: Write error -- wanted to write: 10240, only wrote: -1
slave_work(): write(): I/O error
dump: Write error - /dev/nrmt0h, volume 1, 7454 feet -- cannot recover
dump: NEEDS ATTENTION: Do you want to restart this volume?: ("yes" or
"no")
Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 19:31:01 NZDT