Subject: Re: SCSI tape problems
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 08:19:32 MST
Iain Stevenson wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I couldn't find anything looking like a drive option to compile in - could
> you give me a little more detail on what you did?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Iain
>
> on 13/11/00 11:34 pm, dsbelile at dsbelile@mediaone.net wrote:
>
> > 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
what is the actual tape drive ? i compiled in modular support for scsi tape
devices and then just setup the device in /etc/fstab and created the correct
symlinks to the raw device. if it is a travan frive i know that there is an option
in the kerel to tell it what kind of travan it is.
chris
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