On Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 11:49:09AM +0200, Jan Jozwiak wrote:
> Hi
>
> I got some problem using ftape and taper with a HP colorado t3000. I'm
> using RH60, kernel 2.2.10. It is connected to a standart floppy controler
> When taper is about to make a backup it wount acces the tape. Here is some
> infomation:
>
> root:/~ $ lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> ftape-internal 10252 0 (autoclean)
> zftape 88108 -1 (autoclean)
> ftape 146200 0 (autoclean) [ftape-internal zftape]
>
seems to be complete. Does ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status work?
> root:/etc $ cat conf.modules
> alias char-major-27 zftape
> options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
> options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x3f0 ft_fdc_irq=6 ft_fdc_dma=2
> pre-install ftape-internal /usr/local/bin/swapout 15
>
>
Have you configured taper properly? You have to tell the device to taper...
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: data_am_errors : 0
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: data_crc_errors : 0
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: overrun_errors : 0
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: no_data_errors : 0
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: retries : 0.
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: [024] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_print_history)
> - ecc statistics:
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: crc_errors : 0
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: crc_failures : 0
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: ecc_failures : 0
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: sectors corrected: 0.
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: [025] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_print_history)
> - tape motion statistics:
> Jul 10 10:43:49 linux kernel: repositions : 2.
Well, quite well, isn't it?
Bye, Juergen.
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