I'm sorry I forgot to mention that I did do the lsmod, rmmod previously, but I failed
to change the device in flexbackup. I will try to do this tonight or tomorrow (The
tax man calls) and let you know the results.
Thanks,
JB
>>> Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/28/01 12:04AM >>>
John, in your current machine it appears you have an Adaptec
scsi controller. If this is true you may wish to set the
ide tape drive to use /dev/ht0.
You mentioned you tried changing the flexbackup.conf device
but this didn't work at all. There is much more you need
to do....
To use /dev/ht0 you need to make sure all scsi tape modules
are removed. Use the lsmod (list module) command to see
what is currently loaded, then remove the scsi modules
using rmmod (remove module) if they are present.
lsmod
rmmod ide-scsi
rmmod st
lsmod
Next load the ide-tape module using insmod (install module)
command:
insmod ide-tape
lsmod
Test by issuing a simple mt command:
mt -f /dev/ht0 status
There is much more to do but why don't you report back with
how this went before we continue.
Regards,
Darrell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Bennett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:39 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] More flexbackup I/O errors
>
>
> Just got the kiddies to bed. Here are some answers to
> questions that have been posed to me.
>
> 1. What version of e-smith? 4.1.1
> 2. What version of the backup RPM? 1.2.0-11
> 3. What kind of tape drive? It is a Seagate IDE internal
> 8GB Hornet TR 4 (Traven)
> 4. Have I tried CPIO? No, I don't have enough knowledge on CPIO
> 5. What are you typing for your backup? I have used
> /sbin/e-smith/backup and tried flexbackup -fs all -rewind
> 6. Are there any messages concerning "st0" in the file
> /var/log/messages? I deleted /var/log/messages and shutdown
> the system, rebooted, then tried the backup. Here is part of messages
> <snip>
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720,
> max buffers 5, s/g segs 16.
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X
> Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/9/0
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI
> ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: (scsi0) Cables present
> (Int-50 YES, Int-68 NO, Ext-68 NO)
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: (scsi0) Downloading sequencer
> code... 422 instructions downloaded
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec
> AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.30/3.2.4
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: <Adaptec AHA-294X
> Ultra SCSI host adapter>
> Feb 27 23:18:56 e-smith kernel: scsi : 1 host.
> Feb 27 23:19:01 e-smith kernel: Vendor: HP Model:
> T4000s Rev: 1.08
> Feb 27 23:19:01 e-smith kernel: Type: Sequential-Access
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Feb 27 23:19:03 e-smith kernel: Detected scsi tape Ast0 at
> scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
> Feb 27 23:19:03 e-smith kernel: st0: Default block size set
> to 0 bytes.
> Feb 27 23:19:03 e-smith kernel: st0: Default block size set
> to 0 bytes.
> </snip>
>
> Things I have tried on my own
>
> 1. Changing the erase_rewind_only to false. I have an IDE drive
> 2. Changing the flexbackup.conf $device to /dev/nht0 - Did
> this since I have an IDE drive. That didn't work at all.
>
> NEW INFO:
>
> Just stuck this IDE tape drive onto yet another newly created
> machine and it is working like a champ!!! Relief. Maybe the
> other machines I put this tape drive on just weren't
> compatible. I tried 2 different SCSI tape drives and the IDE
> drive that I now have working. All will work with taper,
> that's why I don't know if it's really a compatibility issue.
>
> Thanks to all that have tried to help me. If anyone still
> wants to troubleshoot with me the 2 other SCSI drives. I
> will give whatever info you need me to give.
>
> Thanks again for the help.
>
> JB
>
>
> >>> Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/27/01 08:07PM >>>
>
> > I have now used yet another tape drive. An IDE Internal
> 8GB Hornet TR
> > 4 drive. It has the same issues as all of the other tape drives.
>
> What version of e-smith, and particularly, what version of the
> e-smith-backup RPM do you have? Are there any messages
> concerning "st0" in
> the file /var/log/messages?
>
> > I am throwing my hands up and giving up. I am now forced to use and
> > learn taper. What are the pros and cons to using taper?
>
> Taper obviously works for some where flexbackup doesn't.
> OTOH, it uses a
> proprietary (but not secret) tape format, whereas flexbackup
> uses generic
> formats. And taper cannot be used for an automated restore -
> you can only
> restore from taper's console GUI.
>
> --
>
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