With a bit of fiddling with settings, I now have the Ditto drive in a more functional
state. ftmt now works, for rewind and reten, but ftmt status gives 'Input/output error'
and any action with tar makes the drive wind eternally, and fills the /var/log/messages
with lines like this:
Jan 2 18:49:23 redhat kernel: [215] 0 ftape-rw.c (determine_position) -
ftape_report_drive_status: 0x24.
Jan 2 18:49:24 redhat kernel: [216] 0 ftape-rw.c (determine_position) -
ftape_report_drive_status: 0x24.
Jan 2 18:49:24 redhat kernel: [217] 0 ftape-rw.c (determine_position) -
ftape_report_drive_status: 0x24.
Jan 2 18:49:24 redhat kernel: [218] 0 ftape-rw.c (ftape_start_tape) - panic:
location not known.
Jan 2 18:49:25 redhat kernel: [219] 0 ftape-rw.c (determine_position) -
ftape_report_drive_status: 0x24.
Jan 2 18:49:26 redhat kernel: [220] 0 ftape-rw.c (determine_position) -
ftape_report_drive_status: 0x24.
Jan 2 18:49:27 redhat kernel: [221] 0 ftape-rw.c (determine_position) -
ftape_report_drive_status: 0x24.
Rob
