[nflug] mt

[eric]

Looks good right?

>cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: MegaRAID Model: LD 0 RAID5  173G Rev: 198U
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 04 Id: 06 Lun: 00
  Vendor: HP       Model: Ultrium 1-SCSI   Rev: E21V
  Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI SCSI revision: 03


>dmesg | grep scsi
Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 4, id 6, lun 0



eric wrote:

>here is more of the fun:
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>st0: Error 400f3(sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x4)
>st0: Error with Sense Data: Current st0: Sense Key Unit Attention
>Additional sense: Power on, reset, or bus device reset occurred
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Maybe I have scsi plugged in wrong? lost...
>
>eric wrote:
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>>http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2003-December/011678.html
>>this is all I could google and no threads to his question ever came about.
>>
>>The tape drive I have is a Dell PowerVault 110t -LTO
>>dang!
>>
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>>Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>eric wrote:
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>>>>Funny thing, I can rewind my tape(mt -f /dev/st0 status), but when I try
>>>>to erase I get this error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The Command->      mt -f /dev/st0 erase
>>>>The Error->              mt: /dev/st0: Input/output error
>>>>
>>>>any clues?
>>>>thanks,
>>>>eric
>>>>
>>>>Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>>>eric wrote:
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>>>>>>I was wondering, does this status look good, the zeros mean success
>>>>>>right? But should I be worried about Density code(unknown)?  This
>>>>>>is my
>>>>>>first attempt to use linux to back up on a magnetic drive I used
>>>>>>ntbackup before, so I kinda need some help.  Should I be using
>>>>>>/dev/st0
>>>>>>instead? Thanx, eric.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>MYHOSTNAME:/# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>>>>>>drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
>>>>>>drive status = 1073741824
>>>>>>sense key error = 0
>>>>>>residue count = 0
>>>>>>file number = 0
>>>>>>block number = 0
>>>>>>Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x40 (unknown).
>>>>>>Soft error count since last status=0
>>>>>>General status bits on (41010000):
>>>>>>BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>>>>>>
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>>>>>From the st man page...
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>>>>>/dev/st*  : the auto-rewind SCSI tape devices
>>>>>/dev/nst* : the non-rewind SCSI tape devices
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>>>I have one scsi tape drive that works well (FINALLY) and one that
>>>still isnt working. The one that is, is a dds4 and the one that isnt
>>>is a dds2 (tapes that is). Reading the man pages on mt and st are
>>>enough to get the WTF??!! response out of me. Cleaning the drive is
>>>very important, make sure you have a cleaning tape and run it. It may
>>>be incompatible media, etc.. Make sure you have the right media and
>>>the bs is set right. And when/if you find some clues to it, clue me in
>>>will ya? lol Thanks. If I manage to get to the one that isnt working
>>>(when the guy pays me, I might look into it further) and I figure it
>>>out, I will let you know.
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