loading ide-tape.o with a seagate STT20000A tape drive on hdb gives this into dmesg: ide-tape: Dumping the results of the MODE SENSE packet command ide-tape: Mode Parameter Header: ide-tape: Mode Data Length - 23 ide-tape: Medium Type - 0 ide-tape: Device Specific Parameter - 144 ide-tape: Block Descriptor Length - 0 ide-tape: Capabilities and Mechanical Status Page: ide-tape: Page code - 42 ide-tape: Page length - 18 ide-tape: Read only - Yes ide-tape: Supports reverse space - No ide-tape: Supports erase initiated formatting - No ide-tape: Supports QFA two Partition format - Yes ide-tape: Supports locking the medium - No ide-tape: The volume is currently locked - No ide-tape: The device defaults in the prevent state - No ide-tape: Supports ejecting the medium - No ide-tape: Supports error correction - Yes ide-tape: Supports data compression - No ide-tape: Supports 512 bytes block size - Yes ide-tape: Supports 1024 bytes block size - No ide-tape: Supports 32768 bytes block size / Restricted byte count for PIO transfers - No ide-tape: Maximum supported speed in KBps - 1000 ide-tape: Continuous transfer limits in blocks - 52 ide-tape: Current speed in KBps - 1000 ide-tape: Buffer size - 372736 ide-tape: Adjusted block size - 512 ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: 1000KBps, 14*26kB buffer, 9750kB pipeline, 50ms tDSC and then, piper:/dev# mt -f /dev/ht0 rewind mt: /dev/ht0: Device or resource busy piper:/dev# gives: ide-tape: Reached idetape_chrdev_open ide-tape: Reached idetape_read_position ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 10, key = 3, asc = 30, ascq = 0 ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 34, key = 3, asc = 30, ascq = 0 ide-tape: Reached idetape_read_position_callback ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1, key = 3, asc = 30, ascq = 0 ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 0, key = 3, asc = 30, ascq = 0 ide-tape: ht0: drive not ready should i give up on the drive? or am i doing something wrong? thanks! -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck riesco a leggerti i pensieri. dovresti vergognarti.
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