Messages in this thread | | | From | "Dave Cinege" <> | Date | Wed, 17 Sep 97 16:19:57 -0500 | Subject | Re: SCSI Tape driver While we're at it QFA problems. |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:23:28 +1000, Richard Gooch wrote:
>Dave Cinege writes: >> On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:06:44 +1000, eyal wrote: >> >> >Dave Cinege wrote: >> >> >> >> Since some tape problem have been bought up... >> >> >> >> I'm unable to space forward the tape on my DAT. It appears to move >> forward >> >> to the desired place on the tape, but as soon as I try to access the tape it >> >> rewinds back to block 0. (whether it is tar or just mt tell) >> > >> >Are you using the 'no rewind' tape device (e.g. /dev/nst0 or >> >/dev/tapenr)? If not >> >then the tape will always rewind after each command. >> >> : P >> All this time, and I've never seen this documented anywhere. > >/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
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