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SubjectRe: Scsi tape - returns ENXIO after an error


On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Harald Koenig wrote:

> On Oct 09, Itai Nahshon wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I got a new DDS2 tape drive (Sony SDT-7000). I'm trying to read
> > an old tape (probably not compatible) and I'm getting this error:
> >
> > nahshon# tar vtf /dev/st0
> > tar: Read error on /dev/st0: I/O error
> > tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
> >
> > Later, I cannot use the tape drive:
> >
> > nahshon# tar vtf /dev/st0
> > tar: Cannot open /dev/st0: No such device or address
> >
> > The only way to recover is to unload and reload the st module
> > (if I use a modularized kernel).

> this is the same which happens to me too using 2.1.119 to 122
> with SCSI tapes (DDS1 and QIC150) connected to an AHA1542,
> but I don't see it for DDS2 connected to NCR810.

Am I imagining things, or isn't this a long-standing problem noted on
Alan's "to-do" list? I don't know if Kai Makisara reads this list, so has
anyone E-Mailed him directly with a report?

Steve



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