On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Keith G. Murphy wrote:
> I am using an AIWA TD-8001 drive (well, the "naked" OEM equivalent;
> can't recall the model number) with a 2.0.36 Linux kernel. It uses TR4
> tapes.
>
> It seems to be working perfectly, except when I put, say 3 files on the
> tape, then try to overwrite the second one (giving two files on the
> tape) using an 'mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1' before I write the file to tape,
> then writing my file with afio. I would have *thought* that this would
> work: it would write the file just after the first file mark, and append
> two file marks at the end.
>
> Is this sort of thing just unsupported by the Linux SCSI tape driver?
The SCSI tape driver allows writing anywhere. The drive decides whether it
is OK to write or not.
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> Jun 18 13:43:05 debserver kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current
> error st09
> :00: sns = f0 5
> Jun 18 13:43:05 debserver kernel: ASC=90 ASCQ= 1
The sense code 5 is "illegal request" which means that your drive has
rejected a SCSI command (probably did not allow writing at that point).
My list of the ASC ASCQ codes does not contain the values printed (old
list ;-)
Kai
