maybe a retension would help! just a thought :-P On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 04:37:33PM +0200, Matteo Centonza wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry for this slightly OT question. > > As in subject, I've a SONY DDS2 tape drive with 90m DDS tapes which > behaves in a very strange way. I've loaded a tape and issued: > > > tar cvf /dev/nst0 /stuff > > tar doesn't complains. > > After, I rewind the tape, extract the archive and verified that data is > stored correctly. > > Now comes the tricky part. > > If I eject the tape, Voila', the tape is unreadable. I get > after loading the tape: > > > mt -f /dev/nst0 status > > SCSI 2 tape drive: > File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. > Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x13 (DDS (61000 bpi)). > Soft error count since last status=0 > General status bits on (41010000): > BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN > > > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind (just to be sure) > > > tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error > tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > > mt -f /dev/nst0 status > > SCSI 2 tape drive: > File number=0, block number=-1, partition=0. > Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x13 (DDS (61000 bpi)). > Soft error count since last status=0 > General status bits on (1010000): > ONLINE IM_REP_EN > > I get same I/O error if issue mt fsf 1 from a rewound tape. If I > overwrite the tape with a new tar i'm again able to read the content > but unless tha tape in not ejected. > > Has anyon e seen this before? The same kernel/st handles properly an > SLR-100. Needless to say that i face the same problem running amcheck. > > TIA for any suggestion(s), > > -m > > > > _______________________________________________ > Amanda-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.topic.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amanda-users -- Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 System Administrator - UID 0 Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/
