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From: jdh@bu-it.bu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Tar(1) somtimes hangs 1/4" tape drive
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 16 May 89 16:46:25 GMT
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> I have a 3/260 running 4.0.1.  The system also has a 1/4 inch SCSI tape
> drive.  Sometimes when using tar(1) to extract files from a tar tape, the
> tar process will hang.  The tar(1) process is still there and I've tried
> killing it but it does not die.  The only way to free up the tape drive is
> to reboot the system.  Even the reboot process complains a little bit
> about "some processes would not die" or words to that effect.

We had this problem when we went from 4.0 to 4.0.1; what i did was
to remove the patch labeled `scsi'

Our 1/4" tape isn't used a lot, so I guess it's possible that this
could be a red herring..

- -Jason Heirtzler
   jdh@bu-it.bu.edu