Thanks to Michael Baumann for providing this timely solution

and to the rest of you for your helpful responses.

> >

> > One of my users has been tasked with verifying some 200 +

> > tapes on which data that we've paid for supposedly

> > resides. She was able to do this just fine under sun/os

> > using copytape -m -f /dev/nrst0, however this doesn't

> > work under solaris. I called apunix and they came up with a

> > fix-unfortunately it's specific to their device driver (and possibly

> > their tape drives) which is are not installed on this machine.

> > The device driver costs big bucks and probably wouldn't

> > wouldn't work with her drive anyway.

> >

> There is a known (note I did not say *well* known :) ) glitch in

> the file positioning code under solaris when compared to SunOS.

> Now, I don't recognize copytape, but I do recognize that you

> are using the no-rewind verison of the device. Try this device name

> instead of the one you are probably using:

> /dev/rmt/0bn

> The b says to use berkely semantics on the tape positioning code.

> hope this helps.

>

>

> --

> Michael Baumann

> Electus Technology Inc. / Loma Linda University Medical Center

> San Bernardino, California. (909)799-8308 |Internet:baumann@llumc.edu

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