"Bort, Paul" wrote:
> My guess would be the "Unknown tape drive type" is the cause of the problem.
> The problem is that in between the "-> status" and the "-> loaded",
> chg-manual is running the "mt status" command and hoping to find "ONLINE" in
> its results. In my version of mt, ONLINE is one of the General Status Bits.
> Once mt understands your tape drive, chg-manual should start working.
>
> Do you have another version of mt?
>
I upgraded mt from 0.5b to 0.6 but the "insert tape into slot and press
return"-loop problem remains.
Even though the "Unknown tape drive type" went away. Now,
# tail changer.debug shows:
-> loaded <>
-> rewind /dev/nht0
-> status /dev/nht0
IDE-Tape (type code 0) ?
File number=0, block number=0.
mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0
mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0
General status bits on (0):
-> loaded <>
Might that "(type code 0) ?" indicate a problem?
# cat amlabel.20010501135216.debug shows:
amlabel: debug 1 pid 11047 ruid 507 euid 507 start time Tue May 1 13:52:16
2001
thank you,
george herson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Herson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 11:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: amlabel not seeing tape
>
> Hi. I'm trying to amlabel my Travan5 tape in my Linux 2.2.14-5.0
> machine but i get: "insert tape into slot and press return" in a
> loop. Taking the tape out and putting it back in doesn't help.
> Pressing return just repeats the message.
> The exact command i'm using is:
> /usr/local/sbin/amlabel Dell-Full Dell-Full010430.
>
> More info:
> # cat /tmp/amanda/amlabel.20010430202942.debug shows:
> amlabel: debug 1 pid 9561 ruid 507 euid 507 start time Mon Apr 30
> 20:29:42 2001
>
> # tail /tmp/amanda/changer.debug shows:
> -> rewind /dev/nht0
> -> status /dev/nht0
> Unknown tape drive type (type code 0)
> File number=0, block number=0.
> mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0
> mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0
> General status bits on (0):
>
> -> loaded <>
> -> rewind /dev/nht0
>
> The tape, drive, and /dev/ht0 are known to work, with tar.
>
> Suggestions? Thanks alot,
>
> george herson
>
