Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, [EMAIL PROTECTED] produced:
> NT, I can do a successful backup and restore. I have ftape compiled in
> with linux kernel 2.2.5. Whenever I try a ftformat, I get the following
> in my /var/log/messages file:
> Apr 2 22:32:11 meteu kernel: [013] ftape-io.c (ftape_report_error) - errorcode:
>26.
According to FTAPE/include/linux/qic117.h that is "Power On
Reset Occurred", 0 (i.e. non-fatal).
> Apr 2 22:46:36 meteu kernel: [019] ftape-read.c
>(ftape_decode_header_segment) - wrong signature in header segment.
in FTAPE/ftape/lowlevel/ftape-read.c (Version 3.04 i.e. OLD(!),
but still may be the same code), the function
ftape_decode_header_segment
tests first if it's a Ditto 2GB (encrypted the bad sector map)
by checking the Magic Number (which would be 0x82288228).
If it's not a Ditto 2GB Magic Number, then it should be
the normal magic number for a floppy tape (0xaa55aa55) (see
FTAPE/include/linux/ftape-header-segment.h).
Your Magic Number is not a "Ditto 2GB" and not a normal Magic
Number, in other words, your header (on this tape) is so badly
damaged that it cannot be interpreted with any security ---
it may well be line noise for all we know, so we die with an
error message.
> isr statistics:
> Apr 2 22:46:38 meteu kernel: data_am_errors : 230
This is a bit high ...
> Apr 2 22:46:38 meteu kernel: crc_errors : 32
... and so is this ...
Maybe you should reformat the tape[1] ... oh you said, you had
troubles doing just this? Try getting the newest ftformat etc.
you can get and recompile it. That may or may not help.
(Or use some DOS/Win tools)
-Wolfgang
[1] so the bad sector map gets updated (and the crc-errors
(which are corrected, BTW) should become a bit more seldom).
Anyway this is a (very slow) way to generate new headers ...
a 1.6/3.4 GB tape can easily take half a day ... and maybe
more if your controller does not manage 2000Kbps (yours
does not!). And then some cheap tape drives cannot reformat
(Ditto 2GB, for example).
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