Date: Wed, 20 Jan 99 09:40:57 -0500 From: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd@netsys.hn> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> Cc: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>, John Hennessy <johnh@paradox.net.au>, "amanda-users@amanda.org" <amanda-users@amanda.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Amrecover error message deciphered. Message-ID: <199901201540.JAA06971@mail.netsys.hn>
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> > Jan 20 08:09:27 mail /kernel: st0(ahc0:1:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:20,0
> > Invalid command operation code
> >
> > I need to translate that message to human understandable language.
> >
> > Can someone point me to a place where I can find answers on this problem
or
> > should I replace the tape drive, drivers, tapes, etc.?
>
> OK, I'm not an expert but here goes...
>
> Your software asked the SCSI system to ask the tape drive to do something
> (probably a 'standard' SCSI command) that the tape drive could not perform
,
> either because it doens't support the command - or some of the parameters
were
> unsupported...
>
> It could also be caused (I'd guess) by the command getting corrupted on
it's
> way to your tape drive... Check (and double check) your termination, make
sure
> the tape is good... You mention Amanda? - If you take a blank tape, put it
in
> the drive and then do:
>
> tar cvf /dev/nrst0 /etc
> mt rewind
> tar tvf /dev/nrst0
9:36 mail: {101} tar cvf /dev/nrst0 /usr/home/quintana
tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive.
usr/home/quintana/
usr/home/quintana/html/
usr/home/quintana/html/page2.html
usr/home/quintana/html/expologo.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-001f.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-003f.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-004f.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-007f.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-009f.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-010f.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-011f.jpg
usr/home/quintana/html/Mvc-012f.jpg
tar: can't write to /dev/nrst0 : Input/output error
9:37 mail: {102}
In /var/log/messages:
Jan 20 09:37:22 mail /kernel: st0(ahc0:1:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR
info:2e000 asc:3b,0 Sequential positioning error
Jan 20 09:37:22 mail /kernel: st0(ahc0:1:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:200 asc:50,1
Write append position error
> Karl
Pablo Quintana
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