Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:59:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "B. Scott Michel" <scottm@CS.UCLA.EDU> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sondy SDT-5000 SCSI tape drive problems Message-ID: <20000214095932.D2699@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <38A70B73.8A5DAE1C@cs.ucla.edu> References: <38A70B73.8A5DAE1C@cs.ucla.edu>
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On Sunday, 13 February 2000 at 11:52:19 -0800, B. Scott Michel wrote:
> I'm currently running FreeBSD 3.4 and finally got around to
> installing a tape drive (hey, backups are good, so I'm
> told... :-) I opted for installing flexbackup since I don't
> need to swat gnats with sledgehammers (i.e. Amanda is too
> heavy weight.)
>
> The problem I'm running into with the 3.4 kernel is that
> it keeps complaining:
>
> (sa0:ncr0:0:3:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE...
>
> So I go off and 'mt offline', reinsert the tape, do a
> 'flexbackup -newtape', only to repeat the cycle.
>
> What have I overlooked?
The error message. What you quoted ("tape is now frozen") is a
consequence of an earlier problem. FWIW, it pisses me off too.
Greg
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