SCO XENIX and an external ARCHIVE VP 150e

[Steven M. List]

perry at bluemtn (Perry Minyard (3MTA3)) writes:

>Now for the weirdness:   If I take out a tape, and put it back in,
>the first time I try to access the drive, i.e. "tar -tvbf 20 /dev/rct0",
>I get the error message cannot access /dev/rct0.  If I type that same
>command again, it works.   It's only after I put in a tape that I get
>the error, but then it works after making a second attempt.  Any suggestions?

This is fixed in one of the SLS's.  We had the same problem, which really
mucked up our automated nightly backups.  Installing the SLS (hang on
while I run to the computer room...) xnx155 seems to have fixed it for
us, and raised us to SCO XENIX/V 386 2.3.3.

BTW - thanks to Perry for the interesting information about using
250MB tapes!  I wonder what the total capacity will be when running
Microlite's CTAR with those tapes?
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