Messages in this thread | | | From | Juan Casero <> | Subject | Re: ATAPI Seagate CTT8000 on Kernel 2.0.36 | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:38:17 -0500 |
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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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