Messages in this thread | | | From | Eckhard Jokisch <> | Subject | Re: 2.4 test10 error reading from HP colorado 7/14 Gb tape | Date | Wed, 29 Nov 2000 20:44:43 +0000 |
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Mike Dresser wrote: > I reported this a few weeks ago or so, it seems that HP 7/14's are not exactly > standard. First is the proprietory tape size. Second is that the drive doesn't > support locking the tape in, but reports it as possible. At least, that's what i > gather from Jens's posting. >
I'm very much interested in what is the cause for this error. > > > # tar -tvf /dev/ht0 > > > ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 8, key = 5, asc = 2c, ascq = 0 > > > In my case the driver tries some error-recovery three or four times before it gives up. On of the problems is - that these errors occure after having written several GB to the tape - and that takes some hours. It also happend that with a tar -cvM the first tape was ok but the second was unreadeable.
> > I experience the same with OnStream DI30 - but these errors occure in 2.2.17 as > > well. In my oppinion they show up in fewer cases with 2.4-test10. > > The error is not quite"stable" because it occures on different tape positions > > (filenames) when I retension the tape three aor four times befor writing to it. > > > > I checked the tapes on a Windows machine and they seem to be o.k.. > > > > Eckhard Jokisch > > - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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