I'm having trouble with an internal drive made by 'Pertec' and called
'MyTape 800'. It uses 'TR-1' tapes.
I'm very new to Linux so please forgive any obvious lack of
knowledge on my part!
The hardware is a TXPRO 11 motherboard with a Cyrix M2 333 processor.
The floppy interface is 'on board'. The Kernel is version 2.2.10 and i'm
using the SuSE V6.2 distribution. Ftape V3.04d is installed. I have
compiled the kernel for Ftape support. I can 'insmod' the Ftape and
zftape modules without error. Now onto the problem....
All tape transport operations e.g. 'retention' etc. work fine. However
if i try and erase/format/write or read a tape i receive an
'input/output' error. The follow is an edited extract from the log:
zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc2845ca8.
kernel: [009] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface
for ftape
driver ....
kernel: [010] fdc-io.c (fdc_config) - fdc base: 0x3f0, irq: 6, dma: 2.
kernel: [011] fdc-io.c (fdc_probe) - Type 8272A/765A compatible FDC
found.
kernel: [012] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_get_drive_status) - status: new
cartridge.
kernel: [013] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_log_vendor_id) - tape drive type:
PERTEC
MyTape 800.
kernel: [014] ftape-io.c (ftape_report_configuration) - TR-1 tape
detected.
kernel: [015] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) - post QIC-117B drive @ 500
Kbps.
kernel: [016] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_calibrate_data_rate) - Highest FDC
supported
data rate: 500 Kbps.
kernel: [017] ftape-io.c (ftape_report_configuration) - TR-1 tape
detected.
kernel: [018] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) - unknown length QIC-80
tape.
kernel: [019] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment) - calculated
tape
length is 1033 ft.
kernel: [020] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment) - Tape
parameters inconsistency, please report.
kernel: [021] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment) - reported =
4/504/36/71/254/128.
kernel: [022] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment) - required =
4/504/36/17/254/128.
kernel: [023] zftape-rw.c (zft_erase) -
ftape_read_header_segment(zft_hseg_buf) failed: -5.
kernel: [024] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable) - == Non-fatal errors this
run: ==.
kernel: [025] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable) - fdc isr statistics:
>From the above i'm assuming that the 'Tape parameters inconsistency' is
the main problem. On another note, when using 'Ftape-tool', it tries to
use devices called
'nqft0' and 'nrawft0'. These devices do not exist at all in my '/dev'
directory!
How do i correct this?
Any help and advice on getting the tape drive working would be most
appreciated,
i've spent a lot of time configuring Linux and now i need to back it
up!!
All the best...
--
>From Steve Hale
http://www.moneygods.co.uk/steve
