Re: tape drive

[techlist@techgod.net]

OK  the tar cv /path/to/file >/dev/st0  works, but
tar xv </dev/st0  gives this error

Sep 28 17:39:57 babylon5 kernel: st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=
0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Aborted Command
Sep 28 17:39:57 babylon5 kernel: Additional sense indicates Data phase error
Sep 28 17:43:56 babylon5 kernel: sym53c875E-0: SCSI parity error detected: SCR1=
3 DBC=190026fc SBCL=ae

tar: -: Cannot read: Input/output error
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

is this a problem with the tape drive, the SCSI card, or is it user error?





Robert Waldner <Waldner@KPNQwest.at> wrote ..
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:56:27 CDT, techlist@techgod.net writes:
> >I just installed an HP SCSI Tape drive on my Debian(2.2) server.  How do 
> >I found out what device it installed it as, and how do I mount it, so I can ta
> >r stuff onto it?
> 
> You don´t _mount_ a tape drive. You _t_ape _ar_chive (hence tar) stuff 
>  to/from it.
> 
> Try "tar cv /path/to/file >/dev/st0", then "tar xv </dev/st0" to verify
>  integrity.
> 
> Tape-drive commands like rewind, erase etc are accessible via the 
>  "mt"-util.
> 
> hth,
> &rw
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