Chris I had the exact same problem a few months back. The solution is to enable IDE-SCSI support (I used loadable modules on RH7.1). You can then access the device with nst0, instead on nht0. It will then work like a champ.
I mentioned this on the list at the time if you want to check the archives. Hope this helps Phil PS If you can work out how to load the required modules on system startup, please let me know.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Herrmann Sent: 01 February 2002 01:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Travan TR5 drives... Hi all, I've just installed amanda on a linux 2.4.17 box, compiled with IDE tape drive support... everything seemed happy, until I tried labelling my first tape. The box is a dell poweredge 500SC. tape devices are /dev/ht0 & /dev/nht0 The tape device is identified correctly as a Seagate TR5... has a TR5 tape in it. When labelling, it checks the label ok, rewinds, writes a new label ok, then rewinds again to see if the write it just did is still ok, and here it hung (hard-hang i.e. pull out the powercord). I used the tapetype listed on amanda.org: define tapetype tr5 comment "TR-5 Seagate STT220000N-RFT" length 9598 mbytes filemark 15 kbytes speed 720 kps } Has anyone had any grief with this? Anyone gotten them to work? Thanks, Chris Herrmann Far Edge Technology p. 02 99553640 f. 02 99547994 m. 0403 393309 http://www.faredge.com.au
