Once again i have some problem with my HP scsi Surestore 40GB tape drive.
Command i used [root@backup yash]# tar cjf /dev/st0 /home/yash tar: Removing leading `/' from member names tar (child): /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now And in /var/log/messages it says. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Oct 3 17:10:57 backup kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Deferred st09:00: sense key Medium Error Oct 3 17:10:57 backup kernel: Additional sense indicates Sequential positioning error Oct 3 17:12:51 backup kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Deferred st09:00: sense key Medium Error Oct 3 17:12:51 backup kernel: Additional sense indicates Sequential positioning error Oct 3 17:12:51 backup kernel: st0: Error on write filemark. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Can anyone tell me what kind of error it is? Regards, -Yash On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 03:59:12PM -0400, Chandrakumar Muthaiah spoke out thus: > > Yashpal Nagar wrote: > > >Hi Chandra, > >Finally i downloaded dc395 scsi adapter from terram's site and rebuild the > >kernel. Now it is working.. > >when i insmod these are the /var/log/messages > > > >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > >Oct 2 23:38:08 backup kernel: DC395x (TRM-S1040): 1 adapters found > >Oct 2 23:38:08 backup kernel: scsi0 : Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315/U V1.32, > >2000-12-02 > >Oct 2 23:38:10 backup kernel: Vendor: HP Model: C5683A > >Rev: C005 > >Oct 2 23:38:10 backup kernel: Type: Sequential-Access > >ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > >Now can you discuss something about tape formatting, what kind of tool do > >you use to take backup on tape, can i use a fresh tape as it is ? i have > >zero experience with these tape backups. :) > > > > > In short I use amanda for my purpose at my place. > > I would say it should be possible to use any of these tools, tar, cpio, > dump/restore. > > for tar it just easy say > > tar cjf /dev/st0 /home/dump/backup > > it should write everything from /home/dump/backup directory to tape to > extract > > (cd /home/dump/restore; tar xjf /dev/st0 ) > > it should untar evewrything from tape > > it is that easy. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > -- Yashpal Nagar Systems Administrator Delhicall Centres 'Gurgaon' Ph 0124-6223849 , cell 9811499273 --------------------------- ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
