Hi, I am having trouble formatting my tape with the Exabyte Eagle TR-3. I'm trying to reformat a QICExtra Tape since it has been preformatted with Seagate's 4.4GByte format and I'm not running DOS. Anyhow, I'm able to retension and rewind the tape with no problem, but when I try to format I get Error 36 (Write Reference Burst Failure) in ftformat. Is there something I missed or need to reconfigure. I'd appreciate any help. My system is an AM586-133 running Kernel 2.0.36 and ftape-4.02/ftape-tools-4.0. I have 32Mb RAM and 14GBytes Hard Disk space. The following is what happens when I try to format the tape: [root@System2]# mt -f /dev/qft0 retension [root@System2]# mt -f /dev/qft0 rewind [root@System2]# ftformat --mode=auto --format-parameters qic-standard=QIC-3020 --omit-erase --discard-header Calibrating tape length ... got 1469 segments --format-parameters qic-standard=0x03,format-code=4,floppy-head-max=57,floppy-track-max=254,segments-per-track=1469,tracks-per-tape=40,gap3=248 Writing reference bursts ... Tape drive error sending write reference burst command: 36 (Write Reference Burst Failure) /var/log/messages look like: Dec 5 12:44:56 System2 kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @ 0x0281d8d0. Dec 5 12:44:56 System2 kernel: [070] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_R3448e164) - Probing for ftape-internal tape drive slot 0. Dec 5 12:44:56 System2 kernel: [071] 0 fdc-internal.c (_fdc_int_detect) - called with count 0. Dec 5 12:44:56 System2 kernel: [072] 0 fdc-internal.c (_fdc_int_detect) - fdc[0] base: 0x0370, irq: 7, dma: 3. Dec 5 12:44:56 System2 kernel: [073] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #1 @ 0099dd98, dma area @ 00620000. Dec 5 12:44:56 System2 kernel: [074] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #2 @ 0099d798, dma area @ 00068000. Dec 5 12:44:56 System2 kernel: [075] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #3 @ 0099d718, dma area @ 00060000. Dec 5 12:44:57 System2 kernel: [076] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - calibr_count: 6779, calibr_time: 9997 us. Dec 5 12:44:57 System2 kernel: [077] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - TC for `fdc_wait()' = 1474 nsec (at 6779 counts). Dec 5 12:44:57 System2 kernel: [078] 0 fdc-io.c (fdc_probe) - Type i82078-1 or 5Volt i82078SL FDC found. Dec 5 12:44:58 System2 kernel: [079] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_get_drive_status_Rfce64bdc) - status: new cartridge. Dec 5 12:45:12 System2 kernel: [080] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) - Warning: tape is not formatted !. Dec 5 12:45:13 System2 kernel: [081] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) - post QIC-117B drive @ 1000 Kbps. Dec 5 12:49:57 System2 kernel: [082] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_calibrate_data_rate_R60916cc1) - Highest FDC supported data rate: 2000 Kbps. Dec 5 12:50:01 System2 kernel: [083] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_calibrate_data_rate_R60916cc1) - Highest FDC supported data rate: 2000 Kbps. Dec 5 12:50:54 System2 kernel: [084] 0 ftape-io.c (ftape_report_error_R1e3db2bb) - errorcode: 36. Dec 5 12:51:56 System2 kernel: [085] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) - releasing buffer nr #3 @ 0099d718, dma area @ 00060000. Dec 5 12:51:56 System2 kernel: [086] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) - releasing buffer nr #2 @ 0099d798, dma area @ 00068000. Dec 5 12:51:56 System2 kernel: [087] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) - releasing buffer nr #1 @ 0099dd98, dma area @ 00620000. Dec 5 12:51:56 System2 kernel: fdc_internal successfully unloaded. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me, --Persona
