More fuel to add to the fire:
When I do an erase ( mt -f /dev/nqft0 erase ) I get the following:
/dev/nqft0: Input/output error
Once I get the error my prompt comes back, but the drive light won't go
off. It seems like the only way I can get it to go off is to do a rewind
( mt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind ).
As far as I can see so far, everything with this drive works as long as it
does not require actually writing to the tape.
Does anyone have any recommendations as to what is going wrong and/or how
to fix it???
Thank you!
-Chuck
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, poke wrote:
>
> Well, thanks to some great advice finally got my iOmega Ditto Easy 3200 to
> return something:
>
> qic-117 drive type = 0x08882
> file number=-1, block number=-1.
> mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0
> mt_dsreg:0xe31865, mt_gstat: 0x41000000
> General status bits on (41000000):
> BOT ONLINE
>
>
>
> I was sure excited and figured I was home free. However, when I tried to
> format a tape with ftformat version 1.0, I get the following:
>
>
> [root@bailey log]# ftformat -f /dev/nrawqft0
> --format-parameters
>
>qic-standard=0x83,format-code=4,floppy-head-max=55,floppy-track-max=254,segments-per-track=1127,tracks-per-tape=50,gap3=248
> Reading old header segment ... Ioctl error reading header segment:
> Input/output error
>
>
> This happens after quite some time. When I try a:
>
> tar -cvf /dev/qft0 /home/chuckw
>
> It lists a few files that it looks like it is writing and then it dies. It
> almost seems like it cannot write to the drive for some reason. In a burst
> of enthusiasm I went for the write protect tab and lost my steam when I
> found that it was already in the right position (I tested it in the other
> position just to make sure though).
>
> Any advice on what is going on?
>
>
> Also, I noticed that some of the *qft* and *rawqft* files start with "n"
> and others don't. What is the reason for this and where did the "qft" part
> come from?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> -Chuck
>
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