From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 2 15:29:24 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 78D5B37B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:29:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail5.triad.rr.com (fe5.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A104A43E58 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:29:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joejop@triad.rr.com) Received: from 2kpro2 ([24.28.234.101]) by mail5.triad.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:43:28 -0400 Message-ID: <013201c22172$3a8b20e0$2201a8c0@2kpro2> From: "Joe Joplin" To: Subject: Segate Travan-5 SST20000A IDE Tape Drive Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:43:20 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_012F_01C22150.B33DD770" 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_012F_01C22150.B33DD770 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 I have tried using a simple mt -f /dev/nast0 rewind, and the system = hangs with this process running. I can't kill the process either. I = have to reboot to get out. I used mt -f /dev/nast0 status and got the = output below. I have tried /dev/ast0 and that hangs as well. 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_012F_01C22150.B33DD770 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

I have tried using a simple mt -f = /dev/nast0=20 rewind, and the system hangs with this process running. I can't = kill the=20 process either. I have to reboot to get out. I used mt -f = /dev/nast0=20 status and got the output below. I have tried /dev/ast0 and that = hangs as=20 well.

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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