Hi all!
I just don't understand...it used to work. I am using ftape tools 1.07,
ftape4.02, have a Colorado 1400 on an FC-20 card all in an IntelPentium
box with 64MB ram. I hope that below I have provided enough information
for someone to point me in the right direction. I intend to ugrade my
kernel as soon as 2.2.0 comes out (I gather 2.2.-pre9 is marked "final").
If it might help, I'll happily try ftape4.03_pre_whatever. "Unknown API
version" is the cryptic error message I get when I try to ftformat.
My sincere thanks for any help that any of you may have to offer :-)
Neil.
The good
news:
1. I can successfully get the status of my tapes with ftmt
2. ftformat --mode-probe -f /dev/qft0 gives believable parameters
3. the hardware is not broken, I took it out and tried it in a DOS
box. Formatting and backing up works fine.
4. my tapes are ok too (see #3)
The bad news:
I. ftformat no longer seems to work and backups fail too (I am using tob
and afio). Anyone have any thoughts?
bash# ftformat --mode=auto -f /dev/qft0
Unknown format API version. Giving up.
Ioctl error sending enter primary mode command: Permission denied
II. probe results.
QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
Compiled for Linux version 2.0.34 installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware
drive ... ftape_init @ 0x048101c0. fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register
@ 0x0484b954. Calibrating tape lenght ... got 586 segments
--format-parameters\
qic-standard=0x03,format-code=4,\
floppy-head-max=22,floppy-track-max=254,\
segments-per-track=586,tracks-per-tape=40,gap3=248
III. afio-written volumes are not recognized (so I suspect thay are not
even there despite the fact that the tape drive seems to be running when I
issue an afio backup command)
bash# afio -Ztf /dev/qft0
afio: "/dev/qft0" [offset 0]: Invalid argument
afio: "/dev/qft0": Unrecognizable archive
IV. A format attempt looks like this in the logfiles:
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel: (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel: (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel:
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX
floppy tape drives.
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.0.34
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
Jan 22 10:29:03 bravo436 kernel: ftape_init @ 0x048101c0.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: zftape for ftape v4.02 08/29/98
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @ 0x0484b954.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [000] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 0.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [001] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer
nr #1 @ 01685418, dma area @ 00ff0000.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [002] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer
nr #2 @ 01685698, dma area @ 00d70000.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [003] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer
nr #3 @ 01685518, dma area @ 005e0000.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [004] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 1.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [005] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 2.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [006] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 3.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [007] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) -
calibr_count: 7948, calibr_time: 9998 us.
Jan 22 10:29:04 bravo436 kernel: [008] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - TC for
`fdc_wait()' = 1257 nsec (at 7948 counts).
Jan 22 10:29:07 bravo436 kernel: [009] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_log_vendor_id) - tape
drive type: Colorado 1400.
Jan 22 10:29:08 bravo436 kernel: [010] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) - post
QIC-117B drive @ 1000 Kbps.
Jan 22 10:29:08 bravo436 kernel: [011] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_calibrate_data_rate) -
Highest FDC supported data rate: 1000 Kbps.
Jan 22 10:29:10 bravo436 kernel: [012] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) - unknown
length QIC-3020 tape.
Jan 22 10:29:15 bravo436 kernel: [013] 0 ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment) -
calculated tape length is 410 ft.
Jan 22 10:29:15 bravo436 kernel: [014] 0 ftape-bsm.c (print_bad_sector_map) -
676278 Kb usable on this tape.
Jan 22 10:29:15 bravo436 kernel: [015] 0 ftape-bsm.c (print_bad_sector_map) - 3424
bad sectors.
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: [016] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_print_history) - ==
Non-fatal errors this run: ==.
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: [017] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_print_history) - fdc isr
statistics:
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: id_am_errors : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: id_crc_errors : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: data_am_errors : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: data_crc_errors : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: overrun_errors : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: no_data_errors : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: retries : 0.
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: [018] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_print_history) - ecc
statistics:
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: crc_errors : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: crc_failures : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: ecc_failures : 0
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: sectors corrected: 0.
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: [019] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_print_history) - tape
motion statistics:
Jan 22 10:29:23 bravo436 kernel: repositions : 2.
Jan 22 10:31:04 bravo436 kernel: [020] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) - releasing
buffer nr #3 @ 01685518, dma area @ 005e0000.
Jan 22 10:31:04 bravo436 kernel: [021] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) - releasing
buffer nr #2 @ 01685698, dma area @ 00d70000.
Jan 22 10:31:04 bravo436 kernel: [022] 0 ftape-buffer.c (del_one_buffer) - releasing
buffer nr #1 @ 01685418, dma area @ 00ff0000.
Jan 22 10:31:04 bravo436 kernel: fdc_internal successfully unloaded.
Jan 22 10:31:04 bravo436 kernel: zftape successfully unloaded.
Jan 22 10:31:04 bravo436 kernel: ftape: unloaded.
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Neil S. Cameron : McGill Chemistry
web: http://bravo436.chem.mcgill.ca/neil/
