Hi , I use dd with(out) a bs or tar and a DLT4. Murat
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 14. Juli 2003 13:51 An: Debian-User Betreff: Re: DLT tape problem On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 03:00, Yildiz, Murat wrote: > Hi, > I get the following messages (dmesg) when I try to write to /dev/st0 : > > (scsi1:0:6:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0x0, SEQADDR = 0x56 > (scsi1:0:6:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0x0, SEQADDR = 0x55 > (scsi1:0:6:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0x0, SEQADDR = 0x56 > (scsi1:0:6:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0x0, SEQADDR = 0x56 > (scsi1:0:6:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0x0, SEQADDR = 0x56 > st0: Write not multiple of tape block size. > (scsi1:0:6:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0x0, SEQADDR = 0x55 > > mt -f /dev/st0 status > drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape > drive status = 1482579805 > sense key error = 0 > residue count = 0 > file number = 0 > block number = 0 > Tape block size 6184797 bytes. Density code 0x58 (unknown). > Soft error count since last status=0 > General status bits on (41010000): > BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN > > It is connected to : > lspci > 01:03.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 2930U2 > > Kernel 2.4.19 #1 SMP (woody 3.0) > > What does the error message mean? What command are you typing? Could it be as simple as you not using a block size that is not a multiple of the tape block size? What kind of tape drive do you have and what kind of tapes are you using? Maybe the drive expects a DLT4 and you are using a DLT3. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | 4 degrees from Vladimir Putin +-----------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]