Re: sco unix tape drive malfunction.

[John Dodge]

Thanks chris.   I’ll give that a try.       J o h n  D o d g e , MCSE, MCSA   117 JLH Memorial Drive Grafton, Vermont                            05146                                            -----------------                                                 / ________/ | 802. 869. 6500   x.130                ||      .~.      ||    |                                                     ||     / v  \     ||    |   "F r i e n d  o f  L i n u s"       ||    / (   ) \   ||  /                                                    |L __^--^__   ||/                                                   --------------------                                                                         /###########\                                                /#############\                           From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Adams Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:28 AM To: VAGUE@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Re: sco unix tape drive malfunction.   Hi, I used to manage a few SCO Openserver boxes and I had a tape parity error once due to something physically no being perfectly attached along the SCSI bus. Never figured out what the exact item was but re-seating the SCSI card and the cables worked for me. I am assuming there are no SCSI conflicts and that everything is terminated on the bus properly. You may want to check those as well. Chris On 12/27/05, John Dodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all….happy holidays and welcome back to the grindstone K   If anyone has got any input…would you offer it up please.   I have a tape drive in a sco unix machine…suddenly stopped ejecting the tape and the "activity" light continues to blink even though the backup was not successful.     I'm getting this   %NOTICE: STP: SCSI tape0 device 46/8 OFFLINE   %Parity error     I have recently had scsi card issues…but I'd like to know if I can verify that with an error log…or what error logs I should view to conclude this.   Currently I have my manager believing that it is my fault…people are very strange sometimes.         J o h n  D o d g e , MCSE, MCSA   117 JLH Memorial Drive Grafton , Vermont                            05146                                                                                        802. 869. 6500   x.130                                                                      -- Chris www.chrisadams.org www.linuxchris.com AOL and Yahoo IM - fan0of0as MSN Messenger - [EMAIL PROTECTED]