[SLUG] Problems with SCSI tape drive
G'day... I've got a tape drive, when I issue it a command via mt, mt never exits and the bash prompt is never returned. (I have now started initialising it with stinit, not sure if this is a necessary step or not but still no success.) The SCSI bus is a LSI Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI. The tape drive is a DDS3 drive - Seagate STD224000N (reported as ARCHIVE Python 04106-XXX Rev 743B in dmesg - which is normal). For example I push a tape in and then issue the command `mt eject`, the tape ejects after a moment, but the mt program never exits. According to ps it is in D mode i.e. waiting for IO. (Even though the tape drive itself has completed.) FWIW I'm using Fedora core 3 (problem is reproduceable under Kernels 2.6.11 and 2.6.9 (Should I try a lower versioned kernel perhaps?) Any help, tips, references or pointers appreciated. Thanks! Regards, Michael Kraus Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct Line 02 8306 0007 Wild Technology Pty Ltd , ABN 98 091 470 692 Sales - Ground Floor, 265/8 Lachlan Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Admin - Level 4 Tiara, 306/9 Crystal Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone 1300-13-9453 | Facsimile 1300-88-9453 http://www.wildtechnology.net DISCLAIMER CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email message and any attachments may be confidential information and may also be the subject of client legal - legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. No part of them may be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the written permission of the copyright owner. If you have received this email in error, please immediately advise the sender by return email and delete the message from your system. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Problems with SCSI tape drive
is it the only device on the SCSI bus? simplify the problem and remove everything else and try again. Ben Michael Kraus wrote: G'day... I've got a tape drive, when I issue it a command via mt, mt never exits and the bash prompt is never returned. (I have now started initialising it with stinit, not sure if this is a necessary step or not but still no success.) The SCSI bus is a LSI Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI. The tape drive is a DDS3 drive - Seagate STD224000N (reported as ARCHIVE Python 04106-XXX Rev 743B in dmesg - which is normal). For example I push a tape in and then issue the command `mt eject`, the tape ejects after a moment, but the mt program never exits. According to ps it is in D mode i.e. waiting for IO. (Even though the tape drive itself has completed.) FWIW I'm using Fedora core 3 (problem is reproduceable under Kernels 2.6.11 and 2.6.9 (Should I try a lower versioned kernel perhaps?) Any help, tips, references or pointers appreciated. Thanks! Regards, Michael Kraus Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct Line 02 8306 0007 Wild Technology Pty Ltd , ABN 98 091 470 692 Sales - Ground Floor, 265/8 Lachlan Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Admin - Level 4 Tiara, 306/9 Crystal Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone 1300-13-9453 | Facsimile 1300-88-9453 http://www.wildtechnology.net DISCLAIMER CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email message and any attachments may be confidential information and may also be the subject of client legal - legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. No part of them may be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the written permission of the copyright owner. If you have received this email in error, please immediately advise the sender by return email and delete the message from your system. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Problems with SCSI tape drive
It's the only device on the SCSI bus. Thanks for the help. If you have any more, feel free. :) Mike On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 20:36 +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: is it the only device on the SCSI bus? simplify the problem and remove everything else and try again. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Problems with SCSI tape drive
On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:19:39 +1000, Mike wrote: It's the only device on the SCSI bus. Thanks for the help. If you have any more, feel free. :) Is the bus properly terminated? Cheers, John -- Ah, back when I'd sooner pee on a keyboard than type on it. After spending enough time as a sysadmin, one reverts to this stage. -- Niklas Karlsson -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Problems with SCSI tape drive
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 14/07/2005 09:19:39 PM: It's the only device on the SCSI bus. Thanks for the help. If you have any more, feel free. :) Have you checked the logs to see if there is any errors? Is the tape or the card terminated? whats the scsi id's does the tape come before the card? Cheers, Scott Mike On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 20:36 +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: is it the only device on the SCSI bus? simplify the problem and remove everything else and try again. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
