ftape 4.02 will not compile with 2.2.x kernels (the "unstable" 4.0x
version will). However, I am running the same drive, accelerator card
and parameters on a Debian 2.2 system with kernel 2.2.10 using the
kernel's ftape-3.04d with no problems at all. I've done a couple of
backups + verify with tob with good results.
Bob
On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 01:30:05PM -0700, duke fleming wrote:
> All,
>
> I did a search of the Caldera Knowledge Base and the Linux newsgroups
> at Dejanews re. this problem without finding a post with any useful
> info. I am submitting my problem here in hopes of getting some useful
> info.
>
> I have dual boot Win95 & Caldera OpenLinux (kernel 2.2.5) box with an
> Iomega Ditto EZ 3200 tape drive connected to a Ditto Dash accelerator
> card installed. The card is addressed to the following params (I used
> them because they were suggested in the ftape HOWTO for this tape
> unit):
>
> I/O base=370H
> IRQ=6
> DMA=2
>
> The tape drive runs great under Win 95; I cannot get it to run under
> Linux. I am using the ftape 3.04d module that came with the Caldera
> distribution CD. I tried updating to ftape 4.02 but ran into multiple
> errors when trying to compile (something I also would like to get
> fixed, but we digress).
>
> The ftape modules load at boot just fine. So I tried to test the tape
> drive using the cmd "tar -cvf /dev/qft0 /root" and I got an I/O error.
> I am appending the dump from /var/log/messages that I got as a result:
>
> Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [041] ftape-read.c
> (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - Tape parameters
> inconsistency,
> please report.
> Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [042] ftape-read.c
> (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - reported =
> 4/1122/50/55/254/128.
> Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [043] ftape-read.c
> (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - required =
> 4/1122/50/54/254/128.
> Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [044] zftape-read.c
> (zft_read_header_segments) -
> ftape_read_header_segment_Ra2b14b3c(zft_hseg_buf) failed: -5.
> Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [045] zftape-write.c
> (check_write_access)
> - - zft_read_header_segments() failed: -5.
> Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [046] zftape-write.c (_zft_write) -
> check_write_access(req_len, &volume,&zft_pos,zft_blk_sz) failed: -5.
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [047] ftape-ctl.c
> (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - == Non-fatal errors this run: ==.
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [048] ftape-ctl.c
> (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - fdc isr statistics:
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: id_am_errors : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: id_crc_errors : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: data_am_errors : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: data_crc_errors : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: overrun_errors : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: no_data_errors : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: retries : 1.
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [049] ftape-ctl.c
> (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - ecc statistics:
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: crc_errors : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: crc_failures : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: ecc_failures : 0
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: sectors corrected: 0.
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [050] ftape-ctl.c
> (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - tape motion statistics:
> Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: repositions : 1.
>
> Any help someone can provide in troubleshooting this will be greatly
> appreciated. Please reply via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], as
> well as to the group.
>
> Cheers.
>
> C.A. 'Duke' Fleming
> I/T Manager
> AlliedSignal Inc.
>
>
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