Fw: Iomega Ditto Working More.....

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De: Martin Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Para: Linux Tape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Data: Segunda-feira, 4 de Janeiro de 1999 14:58
Assunto: Re: Iomega Ditto Working More.....


>Hi Rob,
>
>ok, this sounds not really bad. But one question is still
>open. One of your last logs showed that you have a 765
>compatible fdc. AFAIK this supports at max. 500kbps.  Please
>have a look at your /var/log/messages file. There you should
>find a message like
>
> Highest FDC supported data rate
>
>There ftape-ctl.c should report a value of at least 1000kbps.
>Any value below won't work with your ditto 2GB. This is
>definitive and a limitation by design of the IOMEGA drive.
>
>If this is true it's useless to do anymore work on this issue
>until you have a ditto dash. It's not expensive, I did pay
>something about DM 75,-- (approx Euro 38).
>
>> 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'
>
>This is typical if tape isn't able to read the data from the
>tape. The status command tries to read the header segment
>with technical information and this fail's with the wrong
>data rate.
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>
>Martin
>
>--
>Martin Jacobs * Windsbach * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Registered Linux User #87175