I recently installed FreeBSD 4.7 on a new machine that has a Seagate STT3401A 40GB internal ATAPI drive. I've spent the last couple of days hunting to try and find some info that can help me solve my problem but have basically come to the conclusion that this drive is probably not going to work. However, as the money has been forked out, I'd like to not give up just yet.
Basically, the symptoms of the problem are that I can write to the tape but not read anything. I have tried various different write techniquies, including using 'tar' and 'dump' with block sizes set to anywhere from 16 to 64, to just default values. For example, # /sbin/dump -0 -u -b 16 -a -f /dev/nast0 / is an attempt to dump the root directory using the non-rewind device, /dev/nast0. I then rewind the tape like so: # /usr/bin/mt -f /dev/ast0 rewind and attempt to restore like so: # /sbin/restore -i -b 16 -f /dev/nast0 The last command results in the following message being generated: Tape is not a dump tape Like I said, I've tried different block sizes, tried using /dev/ast0 just to see if anything changes. Using 'tar' instead of dump generates a similar message during the restore: tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Using the non-rewind device is necessary in the long run so that I can dump multiple partitions. However, when I use the /dev/ast0 device, messages like the following are dumped to syslog (but do not appear for /dev/nast0): Nov 25 13:32:55 server-01 /kernel: ast0: REZERO command timeout - resetting Nov 25 13:32:55 server-01 /kernel: ata1: resetting devices .. done In an attempt to blame the drive, I took the drive out and installed it on a Win2k box hoping it would fail. No such luck - it worked like a charm. Note, whichever application I use to write never generates any errors, but the syslog info will be generated no matter which application I use - iff the device used is /dev/ast0. So, has anybody got any suggestions for me? Am I overlooking something really simple? I've tried to see if there were any tunable device parameters that I could adjust to work with to adjust to the tape drive, but I really can't figure this out. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Daniel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
