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Date:      Tue, 2 Jul 2002 05:34:37 -0400
From:      "Joe Joplin" <joejop@triad.rr.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Seagate STT20000A IDE Tape Drive stops
Message-ID:  <01a001c221ab$aeb029a0$2201a8c0@2kpro2>

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I have a Seagate travan-5 IDE drive running on FreeBSD 4.6.  The drive seems to be detecting correctly.

ast0: Tape <Seagate STT20000A> at ata0-slave PI04

But after I send a command for the tape e.g. mt -f /dev/nast0 rewind, dump -0aunf /dev/nast0 /tmp, .. the system hangs after finishing the command.  I can kill the process with an ABRT or KILL (sometimes I have to reboot, but that is may be my lack of knowledge).  I used mt -f /dev/nast0 status and got the output below.  This is the only command I can run without the system stopping.  I have tried to use /dev/ast0, but that does the same if not worse.

Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi      Compression
Current:  0x01:X3.22-1983      512 bytes      800      none
---------available modes---------
0:        default              variable       0        none
1:        default              variable       0        none
2:        default              variable       0        none
3:        default              variable       0        none
---------------------------------
File Number: 0            Record Number: 0            Residual Count 0



I am trying to use this tape drive with either dump or tar for backups.  I would really appreciate some help.  I am stuck.  I can't seem to find any info.  

TIA,

Joe

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a Seagate travan-5 IDE drive running on 
FreeBSD 4.6.&nbsp; The drive seems to be detecting correctly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ast0: Tape &lt;Seagate STT20000A&gt; at ata0-slave 
PI04</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But after I send a command for the 
tape&nbsp;e.g.&nbsp;mt -f /dev/nast0 rewind, dump -0aunf /dev/nast0 /tmp, .. the 
system hangs after finishing the command.&nbsp; I can kill the process with an 
ABRT or KILL&nbsp;(sometimes I have to reboot, but that is may be my lack of 
knowledge).&nbsp; I used mt -f /dev/nast0 status and got the output below.&nbsp; 
This is the only command I can run without the system stopping.&nbsp; I have 
tried to use /dev/ast0, but that does the same if not worse.</FONT></DIV>
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</SPAN>Residual Count 0</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am&nbsp;trying to use this tape drive with either 
dump or tar for backups.&nbsp; I would really appreciate some help.&nbsp; I am 
stuck.&nbsp; I can't seem to find any info.&nbsp; </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIA,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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