dd if=/dev/ftape of=/dev/null bs=10k
this command does the same thing kdat does, it moves the tape around
endlessly
----- Original Message -----
From: Robie Basak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Paul O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: ftape-internal
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 09:22:32AM -0700, Paul O'Neil wrote:
> > I have a HP Colorado T3000. I recently changed to a new motherboard
> and
> > reinstalled the Linux-Mandrake. I had ftape working fine before by
> > recompiling the kernel without FDC support and no floppy. I tried
> doing the
> > same thing but now I'm not sure what's wrong. I can get status back
> fine but
> > when I try to mount the tape using kdat, it says "reading magic
> string" and
> > the tape moves for a couple seconds at a time repeatedly. here is my
> dmesg
> > attached.
>
> This looks like one of two things to me. ftape reports media defects;
> have you tried using any other media?
>
> Otherwise, ftape complains of a lost interrupt (or so I think). While
> kdat is busy moving the tape around, can you show us the output of:
> cat /proc/interrupts
>
> Of course, I may be completely wrong here :-)
>
> For those who don't know, kdat saves a file at the beginning of the
> tape which contains just a magic and a timestamp; this is what it is
> trying to read.
>
> Try typing:
> dd if=/dev/ftape of=/dev/null bs=10k
> and see if that complains, it should just exit normally if the tape is
> "formatted" by kdat and is being read correctly.
>
> Robie.
> --
> Robie Basak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
