I am having difficulities using a Digital TZ89 SCSI tape drive under Linux.
All the mt options seem to work without complaint (erase, offline, rewind,
status). I
created a backup using the following commands:
export TAPE=/dev/st0
tar cv /home /usr/src
The backup appears to run normally. However, when I use ' tar t ' to test
the backup,
numerous files check-out ok, but then the drive hits a spot on the tape and
reports
the following error:
tar: Read error on /dev/st0: I/O error
st0: Error with sense data: Current error st09:00: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates Recorded entity not found
Is this a bad tape or is something else going wrong? Any help greatly
appreciated.
System configuration:
Linux 2.0.35
Toshiba Tecra 520CDT Laptop
Adaptec 1460B SlimSCSI PCMCIA Card
Digital TZ89 SCSI Drive
Thanks,
Eric
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