flar to tape : write: not modulo 2 device granularity error
2007-12-25 3:54:00
I am having some issues writing a flash archive to tape :
Tape is:
#mt status
Vendor 'COMPAQ ' Product 'DLT8000 ' tape drive:
sense key(0x0)= No Additional Sense residual= 0 retries= 0
file no= 0 block no= 0
OS is:
SunOS <system> 5.9 Generic_112233-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240
Flar command is:
#flarcreate -n <system> -t /dev/rmt/0
WARNING: hash generation disabled when using tape (-t)
Full Flash
Checking integrity...
Integrity OK.
Running precreation scripts...
Precreation scripts done.
Determining the size of the archive...
11358516 blocks
The archive will be approximately 5.41GB.
Creating the archive...
11358516 blocks
ERROR: Unable to write archive.
/var/adm/messages says:
Aug 27 10:59:37 <system> scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci at 1c,600000/scsi at 2,1/st at 6,0 (st13):
Aug 27 10:59:37 <system> write: not modulo 2 device granularity
I probably need to use the position -p and blocksize options -b
Anyone seen this before.
Kind Regards,
Rob
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Dr Robert D. McDonnell
UNIX Specialist CIM Utrecht University
robert.mcdonnell at let.uu.nl
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