On May 28, Igor Grobman wrote > I recently got myself a Seagate Tapestor3200 TR3/QIC 3020 tape drive. It > works > fine under DOS, however when I try to backup anything in Linux, I get the > following errors: > > May 28 19:43:36 whoever kernel: [047]ftape-write.c (ftape_write_segment) - > write error, retry 1 (399). > May 28 19:43:46 whoever kernel: [048]ftape-write.c (ftape_write_segment) - > write error, retry 1 (415). > May 28 19:44:42 whoever kernel: [049]ftape-write.c (ftape_write_segment) - > write error, retry 1 (615). > > I get tons of messages like this in my /var/adm/messages, and I hear the tape > start and stop moving all the time, instead of moving continuously as it does > under DOS. I tried using it with both zftape and ftape devices, but I still > get the same errors. I am using ftape-3.03 from sunsite. Is this a known > ftape-driver bug? HOWTO seems to imply that all drives conforming to QIC TR* > standards should work, and AFAIK, my model is pretty standard. > > Thanks in advance for the help.
Hi, I uploaded a ftape-2.0.30_3.03 debian package to unstable on master a couple of weeks ago. So if you are running 2.0.30 you don't have to compile yourself ;-) In 1 or 2 days I will upload the bugfix 3.03a ftape for 2.0.30. Perhaps you should try the bugfix release. I can't really comment on your specific problem as ftape is working fine for my Iomega Ditto 800. I think the messages indicate that there were write errors on different segments of your tape but the retries succeded. You could try to format your tape with the new ftape-3.03 but it takes approx. 4 hours. Otherwise send me an email with the messages and we can try to figure it out (I can forward it to dev.linux.tape) Greetings, Christian -- Christian Meder, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's the railroad to me ? I never go to see Where it ends. It fills a few hollows, And makes banks for the swallows, It sets the sand a-blowing, And the blackberries a-growing. (Henry David Thoreau) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .