I have a external parallel port Ditto 2G and
have the same symthom. I am also using 4.03-pre2.
I just use tar for backup.
Tar in gives error in the syslog files; and it will proceed til fininsh.
Tar out bombed somewhere deep into the set (~ 20Mb point of a 80Mb tar).
> I'm trying to use an iomega ditto easy 3200 parallel port tape drive with ftape
>4.03-pre2 under redhat 5.2 (kernel 2.0.36).
>
> Basic communication with the tape drive seems to work in that it does something when
>I use ftmt commands, etc. The problem is that if I attempt to use bru
>(BRU2000-15.0P-2) to do a backup everything also seems to work but if I attempt to
>verify internal consistency or compare files I will always get an error somewhere
>(apparently randomly) withing the backup. The errors are frequently interpreted as
>end of volume.
>
> I have also tried to use tar but can't seem to even get the backup to finish without
>an error.
>
> Anyone out there have any ideas?
>
>
>
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