> I am having a real hard time with ftape...I've tried all I can think
> of and still, ftape just refuses to work with me - I always get a I/O
> error. My log files look like the follwing:
>
> Sep 18 01:44:02 badger2 kernel: [250] ftape-rw.c (determine_position) -
>ftape_report_drive_status: 0x24.
I am having the _exact_ same problem and it is driving me insane.
> I'm running RH 6.0, kernel 2.2.5-15, HP Colorado 3000 tape drive with
> 3.2Gb Travan tapes. I've limited my i/o rate to 2000 and set block
> size to 20k, used mutliple tapes, and tape drives (also have HP 1000).
Debian pre2.2 with newst glibc, kernel 2.2.{11,12,13pre6}, Pertec MyTape 800
and also an old Connor 250.
I tried various ftape source package, inclding 4.03-pre3, and back down to
what is in the 2.2 kernel tree.
> The trouble is, that these tapes and drives work on RedHat 5.2 kerne;
> 2.0.36 and *not* on the RH 6.0 distribution. I know to insmod ftape
> and zftape.
Same here, it used to work until some time ago (I ignored quite a few cron
mails about failures as it is a home system, however it is getting time to
fix this...). I am quite sure that it also worked for me with 2.2.* kernels
last winter/spring.
I am also somewhat familiar with ftape having used it since 1994.
> I also thought I'd reformat the tapes, but I don't have the "ftformat"
> binary. How can I get and use this tool on RH 6.0? I need to get
> this fixed and fast - I'm getting very nervous about the lack of
> backups.
I do have ftformat, and it also fails. It panics about not being able to
find its position on the tape.
Could this be a glibc 2.1 issue?
Cheers, Dirk
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