Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:33:58 -0400 From: jamesghs@aol.com To: aic7xxx@freebsd.org Subject: tape problems Message-ID: <8C75445171BCA19-D04-7F71@mblk-r24.sysops.aol.com>
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I am trying to back up files to a tape drive. Here is what I am doing and the errors i am getting: #mt -f /dev/st0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x4a (no translation). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): # mt -f /dev/st0 tell At block 0. # tar -cf /dev/st0 james tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now # mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 0 /dev/st0: Input/output error the dmseg is: st0: Block limits 4 - 16777212 bytes. st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: sense key Aborted Command Additional sense indicates Scsi parity error st0: Error with sense data: Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Medium Error st0: Error on write filemark. st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: sense key Aborted Command Additional sense indicates Scsi parity error can anyone help me? I am at a loss for what to do.
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