Tar Tape problems

[Jim Deitch]

In article <262 at smds.UUCP> rh at smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>In article <124 at chansw.UUCP>, chan at chansw.UUCP (Jerry H. Chan) writes:
>> In article <1990Nov20.205828.9217 at jadpc.cts.com>, jdeitch at jadpc.cts.com (Jim Deitch) writes:
>> > In article <1990Nov19.153249.4308 at wdl1.wdl.fac.com> rme at spl26.spl.fac.com (Richard M Emberson Jr) writes:
>> > >I've got a 386 AT clone, ISC2.2, and an Archive drive. After reading four
>> > >or five tape (tar -xfv /dev/rmt0) the next attempt to read a tape hangs.
>> > >I can kill the process but the device remains busy. The only way I
>> > >have found to clear the busy device is to powerdown to the reboot state.
>
>The problem is probably a zombie process that hangs the device.  We have
>ESIX rather ISC so the following may or may not work for you.  Touch the
>device file (touch /dev/rmt0).  What this does is wake up the zombie so
>that it can die.  No guarantees on this, but you might give it a try.
>It may take two or three touches to clear the device.
>
>

Nope.  Tried it tonight and didn't work.  I wish that SOMEONE (even
the janitor) at Archive would please return a call.  After 10 touches
the process was still hung.

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