I did end up installing it on a Winblows 95 box and it was able to read,
write and restore without any problems. This gives me hope that I will
eventually get it to work on my Linux box. I will post a full accounting
of what it takes when I do.
-Chuck
On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Remigius Onyshczak wrote:
> Just as a note to those who might question software...
>
> I messed with trying to get an EXB-8500 tape drive working with
> LINUX for quite some time and finally got some diagnostic software
> from EXABYTE which verified that I got a bad tape drive from a
> fly-by-night bozo. It might be worth getting some such software and
> verifying that the drive works before investing a lot more time in
> this quest.
>
> Just my 2 cents worth...
>
> Rem Onyshczak,
> National Institute of Standards and Technology
>
>
> poke wrote:
>
> > More fuel to add to the fire:
> >
> > When I do an erase ( mt -f /dev/nqft0 erase ) I get the following:
> >
> > /dev/nqft0: Input/output error
> >
> > Once I get the error my prompt comes back, but the drive light won't go
> > off. It seems like the only way I can get it to go off is to do a rewind
> > ( mt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind ).
> >
> > As far as I can see so far, everything with this drive works as long as it
> > does not require actually writing to the tape.
> >
> > Does anyone have any recommendations as to what is going wrong and/or how
> > to fix it???
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > -Chuck
> >
> > On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, poke wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Well, thanks to some great advice finally got my iOmega Ditto Easy 3200 to
> > > return something:
> > >
> > > qic-117 drive type = 0x08882
> > > file number=-1, block number=-1.
> > > mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0
> > > mt_dsreg:0xe31865, mt_gstat: 0x41000000
> > > General status bits on (41000000):
> > > BOT ONLINE
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I was sure excited and figured I was home free. However, when I tried to
> > > format a tape with ftformat version 1.0, I get the following:
> > >
> > >
> > > [root@bailey log]# ftformat -f /dev/nrawqft0
> > > --format-parameters
> > >
>qic-standard=0x83,format-code=4,floppy-head-max=55,floppy-track-max=254,segments-per-track=1127,tracks-per-tape=50,gap3=248
> > > Reading old header segment ... Ioctl error reading header segment:
> > > Input/output error
> > >
> > >
> > > This happens after quite some time. When I try a:
> > >
> > > tar -cvf /dev/qft0 /home/chuckw
> > >
> > > It lists a few files that it looks like it is writing and then it dies. It
> > > almost seems like it cannot write to the drive for some reason. In a burst
> > > of enthusiasm I went for the write protect tab and lost my steam when I
> > > found that it was already in the right position (I tested it in the other
> > > position just to make sure though).
> > >
> > > Any advice on what is going on?
> > >
> > >
> > > Also, I noticed that some of the *qft* and *rawqft* files start with "n"
> > > and others don't. What is the reason for this and where did the "qft" part
> > > come from?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much.
> > >
> > > -Chuck
> > >
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