Subject: Re: SCSI tape problems
From: dsbelile (dsbelile@mediaone.net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 16:34:43 MST
Iain Stevenson wrote:
> Oh boy ....
>
> I have a SCSI tape - Travan NS20 based - which I can't get to work properly.
> It is recognised on boot and flexbackup (a backup script package) says it is
> writing records to tape although there are device errors in the console
> window. However, it is not writing to tape correctly. I've tried several
> backup programs with the same sort of results.
>
> Doing an 'mt -f /dev/st0 erase' eventually, after much whirring, produces an
> i/o error. The drive is correctly terminated with no SCSI ID conflicts
> (I've checked). I'd really appreciate some suggestions for next steps to a
> solution.
>
> Iain
make sure you actually have support for that device compiled into the kernel. i
had a simialr problem with an HPsurestore 4gig 8mm tape drive a while back.
good luck
chris
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