Ossama, I get similar errors on my system when the tape heads are dirty. I do nightly backups and about every two months I need to clean the tape heads to get rid of errors like these.
Hope this helps, Bernt. -- Bernt T. Hansen - Norang Consulting Incorporated --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems/ - 235 Bellamy Road N., Scarborough - phone: (416)431-6216 Analyst - Ontario, Canada M1J-2L7 ---------- fax: (416)431-2617 PGP Public Key fingerprint = CB 99 EC 07 DE F8 D5 8D 59 99 A5 E7 7E 7A 8C 9C > Does anyone know what the following means: > > > Jun 12 05:47:54 squall kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current error > st09:00: sns = f0 4 > Jun 12 05:47:54 squall kernel: ASC=44 ASCQ=ad > Jun 12 05:47:54 squall kernel: Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x00 > 0x00 0x3c 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x44 0xad 0x00 0x2d > Jun 12 05:47:54 squall kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current error > st09:00: sns = f0 4 > Jun 12 05:47:54 squall kernel: ASC=44 ASCQ=ad > Jun 12 05:47:54 squall kernel: Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x00 > 0x00 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x44 0xad 0x00 0x2d > > > These probably occurred during my overnight backup. I am running > kernel 2.0.34 with an onboard AIC7880 SCSI chipset. My tape drive is > Conner 4mm DDS-2. TIA for any help or suggestions. > > -Ossama -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]