From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 20 07:47:33 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA13622 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 07:47:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA13616 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 07:47:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id PAA71191; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:45:19 GMT Message-ID: <36A5FA0E.9167675B@tdx.co.uk> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:45:18 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX - The Digital eXchange X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions CC: Alexandre Oliva , John Hennessy , "amanda-users@amanda.org" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Amrecover error message deciphered. References: <199901201540.JAA06971@mail.netsys.hn> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Questions wrote: > 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 OK, we're getting somewhere - it's not Amanda that's the problem, it's the drive / tape / scsi setup... Try another tape with the tar command (Medium error usually means what it says - theres a problem with your media, i.e. tape). If it still fails with another tape, try cleaning the heads on the drive... If that still fails - your drive has probably become faulty... If it's an HP your probably in luck, there warranty is usually pretty good... Let me know how you get on, Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message