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On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Eric Cox wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm having some trouble with one of the newer developement
> kernels (2.3.46) and support of the Ontream DI-30 tape
> drives.
>
> Whenever I try to "mt erase" or "mt eject" I get this
> in the syslog:
>
> Feb 26 23:41:03 dream kernel: ide-tape: Reached idetape_chrdev_open
> Feb 26 23:41:44 dream kernel: hdd : bad access: block=5, count=1
> ...
> Feb 26 23:41:48 dream kernel: ide-tape: ht0: invalid header
> identification string
> Feb 26 23:41:48 dream kernel: ide-tape: ht0: failed to find valid ADRL
> header
>
> and when I try tar:
>
> dream:/home/eric # tar -c --record-size=32768 -f /dev/tape .
> tar: Cannot write to /dev/tape: Input/output error
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> Some sanity checks:
>
> * Tape drive has latest ROM upgrade
> "ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: OnStream DI-30 rev 1.06"
> * tar block size is 32k
> * Cartridge loaded, door closed, write-protect
> tab set to "Unlocked", Checked all cables
> * ide-tape.c Version 1.16f
> * /dev/tape symlinked to /dev/ht0
>
> here are the particulars of the system:
>
> PentiumII-350mhz, 64Mb RAM (SMP - 2 CPUs)
> DI-30 running on Primary IDE/Slave
> Kernel version 2.3.46
>
>
> I've tried compiling the kernel without SMP and removing
> one of the CPUs, and I've tried the newest kernels 2.3.47
> and .48 to no avail.
>
>
> Hey Gabi and Andre - If you need any more info about this,
> just say the word, and you shall be deluged with all the
> information you can handle... :-)
>
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Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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