Re: tape drive writing and kernel errors
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On 04/02/07 04:43, Sebastiaan Veldhuisen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running debian Etch on a no name server with a Quantum DLT-v4 SATA
> drive. All my backups on tape are failing with kernel errors (see
> below). The tape is fresh, so it isn't a bad medium I guess.
>
> After googling I tried appending "irqpoll acpi=noirq", but that didn't
> make any difference.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> -------------------------------
> Apr 1 10:39:42 debian kernel: ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
> Apr 1 10:39:42 debian kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0
> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> Apr 1 10:39:42 debian kernel: ata2.00: (BMDMA stat 0x20)
> Apr 1 10:39:42 debian kernel: ata2.00: tag 0 cmd 0xa0 Emask 0x5 stat
> 0x51 err 0x51 (timeout)
> Apr 1 10:39:49 debian kernel: ata2: port is slow to respond, please be
> patient
> Apr 1 10:40:12 debian kernel: ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs)
> Apr 1 10:40:12 debian kernel: ata2: soft resetting port
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113
> SControl 300)
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: ata2: EH complete
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: st0: Current [descriptor]: sense key:
> Medium Error
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: Additional sense: Address mark not
> found for data field
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense
> descriptors (in hex):
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: 72 03 13 00 00 00 00 0e 09 0e 00
> 51 00 03 00 00
> Apr 1 10:40:13 debian kernel: 00 00 00 00 a0 51
> Apr 1 10:40:25 debian kernel: st0: Current: sense key: Unit Attention
> Apr 1 10:40:25 debian kernel: Additional sense: Scsi bus reset
> occurred
> Apr 1 10:41:08 debian kernel: ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
> Apr 1 10:41:08 debian kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0
> SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> Apr 1 10:41:08 debian kernel: ata2.00: (BMDMA stat 0x20)
> Apr 1 10:41:08 debian kernel: ata2.00: tag 0 cmd 0xa0 Emask 0x5 stat
> 0x51 err 0x51 (timeout)
> Apr 1 10:41:15 debian kernel: ata2: port is slow to respond, please be
> patient
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs)
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: ata2: soft resetting port
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113
> SControl 300)
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: ata2: EH complete
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: st0: Current [descriptor]: sense key:
> Medium Error
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: Additional sense: Address mark not
> found for data field
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense
> descriptors (in hex):
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: 72 03 13 00 00 00 00 0e 09 0e 00
> 51 00 03 00 00
> Apr 1 10:41:39 debian kernel: 00 00 00 00 a0 51
Maybe the SATA controller isn't compatible with the tape drive? Or
vice versa...
Maybe you need a SCSI version of the tape drive? (Being a long-time
user of DLT drives, SATA DLT IV kinda gives me the willies.)
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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