[Fwd: mt erase problem]

From: Richard Starzak <Richard.Starzak_at_prov-liege.be>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 08:47:28 +0100

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Hello,

I work also with backups at the moment.
I use Tru64 UNIX 5.0
There is no erase option with the mt command.
Why do you want to erase a tape ?

Richard Starzak

Luitzen van Gorkum wrote:

> Could someone help me please?
>
> I'm testing for backup's to be made with vdump, vrestore and mt commands.
> All seems to work fine but the mt erase command allways returns an error.
> I've tried all the commandline options I can find, found out that adding a
> number will give multiple erases but I've never got a tape realy erased. The
> error code is:
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> # mt -f /dev/nrmt0h load
> # mt -f /dev/nrmt0h erase
> /dev/nrmt0h erase 1 failed: No such device or address
> # mt -f /dev/rmt0h erase
> /dev/rmt0h erase 1 failed: No such device or address
> # mt -f /dev/nrmt0h offline
> #
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> I don't know what is going wrong and I can't find any documentation on it...
>
> Kind regards, Luitzen van Gorkum

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IN.PR.E.S.
Haute Ecole Rennequin Sualem
Informatique Industrielle
Parc des Marêts
Rue Peetermans, 80
4100 SERAING
Belgium
Tel : + 32 4 330.75.00
Fax : + 32 4 330.75.99
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Richard STARZAK  Maître Assistant
Laboratoire d'Informatique Industrielle
Tel : + 32 4 330.75.76
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Received on Thu Feb 01 2001 - 07:50:43 NZDT