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From: johncore@compnect.UUCP (John Core )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Tar Tape problems
Summary: archive tape
Keywords: tar tape
Message-ID: <879@compnect.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 90 01:42:49 GMT
References: <1990Nov19.153249.4308@wdl1.wdl.fac.com> <1990Nov20.205828.9217@jadpc.cts.com>
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In article <1990Nov20.205828.9217@jadpc.cts.com>, jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com (Jim Deitch) writes:
> In article <1990Nov19.153249.4308@wdl1.wdl.fac.com> rme@spl26.spl.fac.com (Richard M Emberson Jr) writes:
> >I've got a 386 AT clone, ISC2.2, and an Archive drive. After reading four
> >or five tape (tar -xfv /dev/rmt0) the next attempt to read a tape hangs.
> >I can kill the process but the device remains busy. The only way I
> >have found to clear the busy device is to powerdown to the reboot state.
> >
> Hmmm... I told Archive about this 3 months ago.  They said they had
> never heard of it, nor experienced it.



I told archive about that problem 2 years ago, the standard answer
UPGRADE)

they now have a bbs running so you can download new drivers


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