: Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:23:49 +0000
: From: "Daniel J. Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
: I also tried the following command in linux:
: ftformat --mode=force --format-parameters qic80-307ft --omit-erase
: --discard-header
:
: This was the output:
: --format-parameters
:
:qic-standard=0x02,format-code=2,floppy-head-max=6,floppy-track-max=149,segments-per-track=150,tracks-per-tape=28,gap3=233,format-filler-byte=0x6b
: Tape drive error sending select rate or format command: 8 (Illegal
: Command in Report Subcontext)
Hmm, I would expect a different error message. There seems something
to be wrong.
: Please ignore the error message printed above if in case
: that your cartridge can be formatted successfully!
: Writing reference bursts ... done.
: Retrying track 0, segment 0
: Ioctl error formatting track 0: Input/output error
:
: This is what I got in the messages file:
>From the log I can see that ftape tries to read header segment,
despite the --discard-header option. This shouldn't happen. Also
there is an uncleared error condition, that prevents formatting:
: [...]
: 1000 Kbps.
: Apr 16 18:57:30 meteu kernel: [026] 0 ftape-format.c
: (ftape_format_track_Rd244bbe8) - ftape_seek_to_bot_Ra902f37a(ftape)
: failed: -5.
: Apr 16 18:57:30 meteu kernel: [027] 0 zftape-ctl.c (mtiocftformat) -
: ftape_format_track_Rd244bbe8(ftape, arg->fmt_track.ft_track) failed: -5.
: Apr 16 18:57:31 meteu kernel: [028] 0 ftape-io.c
: (ftape_report_drive_status) - warning: error status set!.
: Apr 16 18:57:31 meteu kernel: [029] 0 zftape-init.c (zft_close) -
: _zft_close failed: -5.
Can you run repeat this with a bigger trace level? Give
ftape_tracing=5,5,5,5,5 as parameter to insmod ftape.o. You can send
the log to me by private mail.
Jochen
