[3249] in linux-scsi channel archive
Seagate/Connor 8000R-S tape drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (david@one.devoid.net)
Sat Feb 7 02:38:14 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 19:49:11 -0800
From: david@one.devoid.net
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Reply-To: david@one.devoid.net
I'm trying to figure out how to get a Seagate/Connor 8000R-S SCSI tape
drive working with Linux. I can retension the tape and read status but
I can't erase or write to a tape. Commands and kernel error messages
below.
Thanks for any help.
David
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# mt status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 1024 bytes. Density code 0x1c (unknown).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
Feb 6 19:36:59 one kernel: st0: Error: 28000002, cmd: 5 0 0 0 0 0 Len: 6
Feb 6 19:36:59 one kernel: st0: Can't read block limits.
Feb 6 19:36:59 one kernel: st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium a6, WBS 10, BLL 8
Feb 6 19:36:59 one kernel: st0: Density 1c, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
Feb 6 19:36:59 one kernel: st0: Block size: 1024, buffer size: 32768 (32 blocks).
Feb 6 19:36:59 one kernel: st0: Rewinding tape.
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# tar cf /dev/tape locale/
tar: Cannot write to /dev/tape: I/O error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
# mt erase
/dev/tape: I/O error
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Error: 28000002, cmd: 5 0 0 0 0 0 Len: 6
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Can't read block limits.
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium a6, WBS 10, BLL 8
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Density 1c, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Block size: 1024, buffer size: 32768 (32 blocks).
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Erasing tape.
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Error: 28000002, cmd: 19 1 0 0 0 0 Len: 0
Feb 6 19:37:08 one kernel: st0: Rewinding tape.
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# tar cf /dev/tape linux/
tar: Cannot write to /dev/tape: I/O error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Feb 6 19:43:56 one kernel: st0: Error: 28000002, cmd: 5 0 0 0 0 0 Len: 6
Feb 6 19:43:56 one kernel: st0: Can't read block limits.
Feb 6 19:43:56 one kernel: st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium a6, WBS 10, BLL 8
Feb 6 19:43:56 one kernel: st0: Density 1c, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
Feb 6 19:43:56 one kernel: st0: Block size: 1024, buffer size: 32768 (32 blocks).
Feb 6 19:43:57 one kernel: st0: Error: 28000002, cmd: a 1 0 0 1e 0 Len: 30720
Feb 6 19:43:57 one kernel: st0: Async write error (write) 28000002.
Feb 6 19:43:57 one kernel: st0: File length 30720 bytes.
Feb 6 19:43:57 one kernel: st0: Async write waits 0, finished 1.
Feb 6 19:43:57 one kernel: st0: Error: 28000002, cmd: 10 0 0 0 1 0 Len: 0
Feb 6 19:43:57 one kernel: st0: Buffer flushed, 1 EOF(s) written
Feb 6 19:43:57 one kernel: st0: Rewinding tape.
