Re: ht0 freezing computer IDE tape
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:10:26PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> I am using kernel 2.4.16 and have IDE TAPE built into the kernel. At
> boot I get a lot of info concerning the tape drive but when I attempt to
> write to the tape drive it locks the entire system up and I have to
> press the reset key (something like tar -zcpvf /dev/ht0 / as an
> example-not the actual command).
>
> I know this is not much info but does someone know what is going on or
> what information can I supply which might shed more light onto the
> subject? I am just trying to keep this email short without copying
> a lot of the dmesg output (There must be a page on the IDE Tape!).
>
> Lance
>
Some IDE tape drives need ide-scsi to work. What is the model of your
tape drive?
--
Jerome
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