On Thu, Nov 02 2000, Mike Dresser wrote: > I'm currently running 2.4.0test10, running backups onto an IDE HP 7/14 > gb drive. Using tar -cpvf /dev/ht0 myfiles backs up fine, no errors. > > But.. > > promise:~# tar -tf /dev/ht0 > tar: /dev/ht0: Cannot read: Input/output error > tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > and from dmesg: > ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key = 5, asc = 20, ascq = 0 > ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 8, key = 5, asc = 2c, ascq = 0 > ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key = 5, asc = 20, ascq = 0 > > (normal, i get those cause of the lock drive/unlock drive, which the > drive doesn't support) Interesting, and this is test10? I submitted a patch for test10 to not attempt prevent-removal commands in the ide-tape drives that do not support it. If this is indeed test10, that would mean that the HP drive misreports that capability. It'd be nice to know. -- * Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
