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SubjectRe: ATAPI Seagate CTT8000 on Kernel 2.0.36
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Barry Treahy wrote:

I have an HP Colorado 2.5/5.0 GB IDE ATAPI tape drive. When I used the
ide-tape driver in the kernel I saw the exact same error messages. I have
recently moved over to SCSI emulation for IDE Tape drives. You can get more
information about this by posting to linux-tape@vger.rutgers.edu. For what
it's worth I think the problem is with the tape driver and not with the drive.

Cheers

>>Are there any type of diagnostics that I can run for an IDE tape
drive >or is anyone aware of problems with this type of configuration and
>Linux? The kernel is 2.0.36 with a Seagate CTT8000 which is a 4GB TR4
>type tape drive in a Gateway box. The system has been running for about
>18 months and the drive runs fine for about 5-7 months, and then we
>start getting various errors like:
>
>mml1:/usr/adm# tar -tvf /dev/ht0
>tar: Cannot open /dev/ht0: I/O error
>tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>mml1:/usr/adm# mt -f /dev/ht0 rewind
>/dev/ht0: I/O error
>
>We swap tapes, old and new, clean the drive and nothing seems to resolve
>the problem other than swapping the drive out. I'm not a fan of TR4's
>but I have two SCSI versions of this same drive, CTT8000S, in a SCO and
>(excuse me) NT machine and though I have had to swap out the SCO drive
>once, the NT has been fine.
>
>The real pain is that GW is of NO help when we contact their support
>line to replace a swap because we're not running WIN 95 or 98 on their
>machine. It takes weeks of fighting with these people everytime to get
>a replacement. I just want to make sure that there isn't something else
>that I'm missing...
>
>TIA
>
>Barry
>

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