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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sgi.com!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hplntx!hplb!hpcpb!jocko.bri.hp.com!aslater From: aslater@jocko.bri.hp.com (Al Slater) Subject: Re: Tape backup Sender: news@bri.hp.com (News User) Message-ID: <E6IwM8.5LB@bri.hp.com> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 14:37:20 GMT Reply-To: aslater@jocko.bri.hp.com References: <33123823.2B9B@thegrid.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: jocko.bri.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 28 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6190 Jim Higgins (jahiggin@thegrid.net) wrote: : I have a HP Colorado T4000 scsi-2 tape backup and : I am trying to get it to work with BSDI (with no luck). : BSDI detects it as st0 on boot-up so: : Whats the command to format the tape for unix? You probably don't need to. What it is probably doing is getting upset with some of the stuff that st is trying to set it up for... check what st is doing wrt to sending set blocksize/density to the device, if this isn't exactly right, it'll check condition and you'll not be able to talk to the drive. : How do I copy files over after formatting it? Depends. tar/cpio/dd/whatever. You might like to try getting firmware rev. 1.06 (I think it's on the ftp site someplace) which may mean you don't have to hack the driver about.. cheers, al (not speaking for HP..)