OK. I have done a little more delving into this. Here's the scoop.
When I originally looked at the kernel log and /proc/scsi/scsi all
looked good. But when I I do "mt -f /dev/st0 status"
I get the following:
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SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (40050000):
BOT DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN
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I tried reloading the (fresh) media, booting with/without media loaded
etc.. It seems to claim there is no tape in there. I am sure the drive
works because I just removed it from a Windblows NT system where it had
very little use ( 10 -20 backups done on it).
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Eric
Adrian Lawrence wrote:
>
> Eric Hegstrom writes:
> >
> > I have a Seagate SureStor 4/8GB tape drive (model # 28000N-RFT)
> > installed on a SCSI bus (AIC-7890) running RedHat 5.2 (latest release -
> > linux v 2.0.36).
> >
> > It is recognized at boot and assigned to st0.
> >
> > When I attempt to tar to it a 'la:
> >
> > tar -cvf /dev/st0 /usr ...
> >
> > I get the following error:
> > tar: Cannot write to /dev/st0: Input/output error
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> You can get messages like that while a drive is initializing a freshly loaded
> cartridge. If you are using a module, something similar can happen while
> the module is being loaded. (But I don't know about the Seagate drives...)
>
> You really need to tell us what is in the various log files, etc.
>
> ael
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