On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:02:09 +0000, Jon Hill wrote
Hi
I am running Core 2 with a SCSI Controller INITIO INIC 1060P and HP
DDS-4 C5683A DAT drive. I really want to try and get my backup
routines sorted for Christmas but I am struggling with some errors
when creating TAR archives.
the result from mt -f /dev/st0 status is
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (50000):
DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN
I am getting a lot of the following error messages.
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error
On previous attempts (before I manually set the block size), I was
seeing a lot of these st0: error 70000 (sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0,
host bt 0x7). inia100:13 0
Can anyone give me some pointers that might help solve this?
Thanks,
Jon
Is the Tape drive the ONLY device on that SCSI controller?? If it is shared
with the HDD then you will get these type of errors. If it is, then I'd
suggest to pop in another SCSI controller, and move the Tape Drive there. That
will eliminate those errors. If it's on it's own, then check to see if all the
SCSI bus terminators are correctly installed. As that can also cause these
types of errors.
I had a system here, doing the same thing, putting in another controller
solved that problem.
Wolf
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