Hello, as I said some times ago I tested with a QSI card :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:7:0: class=0x010000 card=0x53492050 chip=0x10201077 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'QLogic Corporation' device = 'QLA1020/104x Fast-Wide-SCSI "Fast!SCSI IQ" Host Adapter' class = mass storage subclass = SCSI and I've still the same problem : *messages 03-Dec 20:05 gemini-sd JobId 1: End of Volume "Full-Tape-0001" at 145:5656 on device "Sony SDX-700C" (/dev/nsa0). Write of 64512 bytes got 5644. 03-Dec 20:05 gemini-sd JobId 1: Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This Volume may not be readable. dev.c:1681 ioctl MTWEOF error on "Sony SDX-700C" (/dev/nsa0). ERR=Input/output error. 03-Dec 20:05 gemini-sd JobId 1: End of medium on Volume "Full-Tape-0001" Bytes=145,355,599,872 Blocks=2,253,155 at 03-Dec-2008 20:05. 03-Dec 20:05 gemini-dir JobId 1: Created new Volume "Full-Tape-0002" in catalog. 03-Dec 20:07 gemini-sd JobId 1: Please mount Volume "Full-Tape-0002" or label a new one for: If I take a look at the kernel output I can see : (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 1 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:1 asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 2 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:2 asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0 (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read (sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read If you have any idea ... it's welcome :-) Could it be a bug in Bacula ? Regards, Julien On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 10:37 +0000, Alan Brown wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Julien Cigar wrote: > > > Yes the SCSI card is an Adaptec > > Which model and revision? > > Several older Adaptec scsi HBAs are _very_ sensitive to scsi bus > termination and length issues. > > AB > -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users