Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Problems writing /FOREIGN tapes Message-ID: <8528@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 18:33:34 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8528 Posted: Wed Jun 26 18:33:34 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:39:17 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 18 From: Kevin CarossoI'm having some really wierd problems trying to write a foreign tape. I keep getting "Bad parameter value" from the QIO system service when using the COPY command to copy a bunch of files onto a /FOREIGN magtape. It has the default record and blocksize. Some files work fine, others do not. I cannot see any difference in the files except that they all have different max record lengths, and some are contiguous-best-try. But, there is nothing in their attributes that I can see that correlates with the ones that write to the tape. This is with VMS V4.1. All the files are standard text files... Anyone know what the restrictions are on writing a /FOREIGN tape? Why do some of these files work and others not work? I tried pulling a file into EDT, writing it back out with no changes and copying it to the tape, but that did not help. /Kevin Carosso engvax!kvc @ CIT-VAX.ARPA