Re: strange SCSI-tape problem...

peter hartman (wart@kuntrynet.com)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 18:57:02 -0500 (EST)


Hi,
Have you tried fuser(1) the tape device to see if any dead pids are
lying upon it? Maybe this will help.

Peter Hartman

visit mud.kuntrynet.com port 4000
linux : http://doorknob.kuntrynet.com/~linux
eudaemonia mud : http://mud.kuntrynet.com/~wart/mud
personal: http://ishmael.kuntrynet.com/~wart

On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Bruno Boettcher wrote:

> hello,
> i am running kernel 2.0.30 on a Ppro200...
>
> i make a daily backup of my 2x2GB SCSI-HD and noticed the following problem
> when the system is up more than around 5days, tar isn't able anymore to
> address the scsi dat drive...
> it comes back with the message: no such device or device busy...
> after a reboot all is fine again....
>
> what's going wrong????
>
> ciao
> bboett@erm1.u-strasbg.fr
> ==============================================================
> bboett@erm1.u-strasbg.fr
> http://erm6.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett
> ===============================================================
> Unsolicited commercial email is NOT welcome at this email address
>
>