Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!idallen From: "Ian! D. Allen [CGL]" Subject: Ultrix 4.1 dd gives meaningless "Error 0" messages Message-ID: <1991May8.045842.9811@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Sender: idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL]) Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Date: Wed, 8 May 1991 04:58:42 GMT Lines: 15 # dd if=ultrix4.1src.tar.Z of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=64k write: Error 0 8+0 records in 0+0 records out 29464 Exit 255 dd if=ultrix4.1src.tar.Z of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=64k # mt rew # dd if=ultrix4.1src.tar.Z of=/dev/nrmt0h bs=63k /* this one worked */ I presume something in the driver is limiting the size of the records that can be written to the TK70 tape drive, but "Error 0" is just not a useful error message. Even "I/O Error" would be better than "Error 0". -- -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu [129.97.128.64] Computer Graphics Lab/University of Waterloo/Ontario/Canada