I saw that multiple copies went out, although I only posted once. I
decided not to immediately post an apology as that would be just more
unwelcome mail but Chuck's own spamlike response points out the apparent
need for an apology.
I am sorry that my message went out several times. I only sent it once
and am unsure as to what server-side hiccup resulted in the multiple
sends by the list. I know, as well as anyone, how annoying it is to
receive redundant emails and am sorry to have been the cause of such.
Thanks,
---Raymond
Chuck Pierce wrote:
>
> sounds like you need to contact VA-Linux about the problem, and not spam the
> linux-NET list
>
> Raymond Blum wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Two problems I am looking to solve, sort of a "low-grade" EMERGENCY ...
> >
> > I have to recover files from a backup tape that was made on a VA-Linux
> > box on DDS-4 tapes.
> >
> > 1) I have a couple of PCs running RedHat Linux 6.1 and 6.2. I have the
> > tape drive (a Seagate) that made the backups and am hooking it up on my
> > SCSI chain. Linux can see the drive and can use it to read DDS-3 tapes
> > just fine so I do not think that there is a SCSI
> > chain/cabling/termination problem. But when I put in one of the DDS-4
> > tapes that were created on this drive "mt status" on the drive tells me
> > "density 0x26 unknown density for this mt" and I can rewind/eject the
> > tape but if I try to read the tape I get an IO error.
> >
> > The drive is SCSI-3 (?) 68 pin. The SCSI controller in my machine is a
> > SCSI-2 (HD50) connector.
> >
> > 2) So... I hooked it up to a VA--Linux box that has the same (68 pin)
> > SCSI controller. I can write to the tape but any command to read the
> > tape, including "mt status" hangs. I can not kill the process (i.e. the
> > "mt" command) but if I pull and reseat the SCSI terminator on the drive
> > it will SOMETIME release the process that is accessing the drive.
> >
> > Is there something I have to do to use the DDS-4 tapes on the standard
> > RedHat 6.x distributions? Is the "unknown density" the reason for my IO
> > Errors?
> >
> > Does anyone have a clue about the weird lockups on the VA-Linux box? I
> > booted the same machine with a DOS diskette and ran some Seagate
> > diagnostics that do read-write tests and the diagnostics say that the
> > drive is fine.
> >
> > TIA
> > ---Raymond
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