I have a similar problem w/ a machien for a client of mine.
I had to stick the tape drive ALONE on the cable as master.
no slave devices.
Ronnie Schwartz wrote:
> I made the tape master and cd slave using jumpers. Still doesn't work. Tar
> writes some stuff and it hangs midway. The drive activity light is now on
> until I restart the machine.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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> Ronnie Schwartz
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>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:03:38 -0500
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: RE: IDE Tape Drive on FreeBSD
>>
>>We have had problems with this in the past with linux and the cable select.
>>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Ronnie Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 1:00 PM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: IDE Tape Drive on FreeBSD
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>It worked fine under dos. Would that still be the issue?
>>
>>In addition, I tried making the tape drive master and unplugging the cd
>>drive (although I didn't do the jumpers.. My tweezers were not strong
>>enough).
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>--
>>Ronnie Schwartz
>>RustyBrick
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>www.rustybrick.com
>>845.352.3707
>>
>>
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:33:39 -0500
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: RE: IDE Tape Drive on FreeBSD
>>>
>>>Make sure the tape drive is set to master and cdrom is set to slave on the
>>>jumpers and not cable select.
>>>Steve
>>>
>>>-Original Message-
>>>From: Ronnie Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:28 PM
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: IDE Tape Drive on FreeBSD
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi, I have a PowerVault 100T IDE Tape Drive installed in a server running
>>>FreeBSD. FreeBSD seems to recognize the drive. However, when I try to
>>>write to the drive or rewind it, I get an I/O error. Any ideas? Thanks
>>>
>>for
>>
>>>your help.
>>>
>>># dmesg | grep TAPE
>>>ast0: TAPE at ata1-slave PIO4
>>>
>>># mt -f /dev/ast0 status
>>>Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression
>>>Current: 0x01:X3.22-1983 512 bytes 800 none
>>>-available modes-
>>>0:default variable 0none
>>>1:default variable 0none
>>>2:default variable 0none
>>>3:default variable 0none
>>>-
>>>File Number: 0 Record Number: 0Residual Count 0
>>>
>>># mt -f /dev/ast0 rewind
>>>mt: /dev/ast0: rewind: Input/output error
>>>
>>>In addition, it seems that instead of getting errors now, it just hangs,
>>>
>>not
>>
>>>sure why. I need to restart the server to kill the process.
>>>
>>>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Ronnie Schwartz
>>>RustyBrick
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>>>www.rustybrick.com
>>>845.352.3707
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