From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 2 4:41: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0017537B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 04:40:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail6.triad.rr.com (fe6.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8E7A43E09 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 04:40:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joejop@triad.rr.com) Received: from 2kpro2 ([24.28.234.101]) by mail6.triad.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Tue, 2 Jul 2002 05:35:03 -0400 Message-ID: <01a001c221ab$aeb029a0$2201a8c0@2kpro2> From: "Joe Joplin" To: Subject: Seagate STT20000A IDE Tape Drive stops Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 05:34:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_019D_01C2218A.2773D020" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_019D_01C2218A.2773D020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a Seagate travan-5 IDE drive running on FreeBSD 4.6. The drive = seems to be detecting correctly. ast0: Tape 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. =20 TIA, Joe ------=_NextPart_000_019D_01C2218A.2773D020 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have a Seagate travan-5 IDE drive = running on=20 FreeBSD 4.6.  The drive seems to be detecting = correctly.
 
ast0: Tape <Seagate STT20000A> at = ata0-slave=20 PI04
 
But after I send a command for the=20 tape e.g. mt -f /dev/nast0 rewind, dump -0aunf /dev/nast0 = /tmp, .. the=20 system hangs after finishing the command.  I can kill the process = with an=20 ABRT or KILL (sometimes I have to reboot, but that is may be my = lack of=20 knowledge).  I used mt -f /dev/nast0 status and got the output = below. =20 This is the only command I can run without the system stopping.  I = have=20 tried to use /dev/ast0, but that does the same if not = worse.
 

Mode      = Density           &n= bsp; =20 Blocksize     =20 bpi     =20 Compression
Current: =20 0x01:X3.22-1983      512 = bytes      = 800     =20 none
---------available modes---------
0:       =20 default           &n= bsp; =20 variable       = 0       =20 none
1:       =20 default           &n= bsp; =20 variable       = 0       =20 none
2:       =20 default           &n= bsp; =20 variable       = 0       =20 none
3:       =20 default           &n= bsp; =20 variable       = 0       =20 none
---------------------------------
File=20 Number: 0           =20 Record Number: 0           =20 Residual Count 0

 
 
I am trying to use this tape drive = with either=20 dump or tar for backups.  I would really appreciate some = help.  I am=20 stuck.  I can't seem to find any info. 
 
TIA,
 
Joe
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