Hi i have set up a SCSI DAT tape onto debian slink with kernel 2.0.38 and nfs (no_root_squash) mounted an IBM AIX directory. I use a simple backup program which tars the files from the AIX directory onto tape. It works for a little while but i think it gets into trouble when it trys to proccess a large file (200MB). I started the backup at 9:30pm and it started having problems by 11pm.
Here is the error message : Jul 13 23:11:40 tapier kernel: ASC= 4 ASCQ= 1 Jul 13 23:11:40 tapier kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0e 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x04 0x01 0x00 0x00 Jul 13 23:11:40 tapier kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error st09:00: sns = 70 2 Backup program errors are : tar: Read error on /dev/st0: Input/output error tar: Too many errors, quitting tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now I tried doing a tar listing of the tape this morning and it said the the start record was unable to be read. Does anyone know what is going on... it is a simple proceedure i am doing and am frustrated and perplexed as to why i am having difficulties. Thanx Zane