I've been attempting to get my "old" exabyte 8500 8mm tape drive installed, and working again.
I have /dev/tape symlinked to /dev/st0,and both in the tape group; ls -la /dev/tape lrwxrwxrwx 1 root tape 8 Jun 25 14:42 /dev/tape -> /dev/st0 ls -la /dev/st0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tape 9, 0 Mar 23 13:48 /dev/st0 i've tried 4 different tapes in the machine to try and get things working. Either running as "user" or "sudo; mt -f /dev/tape setblk 32768 -> works fine mt -f /dev/tape rewind -> works fine mt -f /dev/tape erase -> works fine find /home/rodney/ -print | afio -o -z -v -b 32k - | dd ibs=32k obs=32k of=/dev/tape it'll work, and fill up the tape, as advertised. Yet when I run "flexbackup -test-tape-drive" it'll start rewinding, etc, and it'll start writing to the tape, and then 5 - 10 minutes into it, I get these errors in /var/log/messages; Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0 Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 4 Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 8 Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 12 Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 16 Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 20 which is my cdrom, and it shouldn't be backing anything up from that device. this will "fill" up a good portion of the log file. The shell will come back, but the tape looks like it continues to the end of the tape, and then after 30 or 40 minutes, it will be reset. Any suggestions? Thanks -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759
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