ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

I am using kernel 2.4.16 and have IDE TAPE built into the kernel. At boot I get a lot of info concerning the tape drive but when I attempt to write to the tape drive it locks the entire system up and I have to press the reset key (something like tar -zcpvf /dev/ht0 / as an example-not the actual co

ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

I am using kernel 2.4.16 and have IDE TAPE built into the kernel. At boot I get a lot of info concerning the tape drive but when I attempt to write to the tape drive it locks the entire system up and I have to press the reset key (something like tar -zcpvf /dev/ht0 / as an example-not the actual co

Re: ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:10:26PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I am using kernel 2.4.16 and have IDE TAPE built into the kernel. At > boot I get a lot of info concerning the tape drive but when I attempt to > write to the tape drive it locks the entire system up and I have to > press the reset

Re: ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

I guess I will try to emulate scsi using ide-scsi? from dmesg: ide-tape: Dumping ATAPI Identify Device tape parameters ide-tape: Protocol Type: <6>ATAPI ide-tape: Device Type: 1 - <6>Streaming Tape Device ide-tape: Removable: Yes ide-tape: Command Packet DRQ Type: <6>Accelerated DRQ ide-tape: Com

Re: ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

I guess I will try to emulate scsi using ide-scsi? from dmesg: ide-tape: Dumping ATAPI Identify Device tape parameters ide-tape: Protocol Type: <6>ATAPI ide-tape: Device Type: 1 - <6>Streaming Tape Device ide-tape: Removable: Yes ide-tape: Command Packet DRQ Type: <6>Accelerated DRQ ide-tape: Co

Re: ht0 freezing computer IDE tape

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:34:05AM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > I guess I will try to emulate scsi using ide-scsi? If you want to try ide-scsi, with lilo add: append="hdd=ide-scsi" to /etc/lilo.conf and then run lilo. After you reboot, the tape drive should be /dev/st0 and /dev/nst0. Do