Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:43:20 -0400 From: "Joe Joplin" <joejop@triad.rr.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Segate Travan-5 SST20000A IDE Tape Drive Message-ID: <013201c22172$3a8b20e0$2201a8c0@2kpro2>
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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 <Seagate STT20000A> 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 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a Seagate travan-5 IDE drive = running on=20 FreeBSD 4.6. The drive seems to be detecting = correctly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ast0: Tape <Seagate STT20000A> at = ata0-slave=20 PI04</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> 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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV><FONT> <P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT = size=3D2><FONT=20 face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS = Mincho'">Mode<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>Density<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> &n= bsp; =20 </SPAN>Blocksize<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> =20 </SPAN>bpi<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> =20 </SPAN>Compression<BR>Current:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>0x01:X3.22-1983<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>512 = bytes<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>800<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>none<BR>---------available modes---------<BR>0:<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>default<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> &n= bsp; =20 </SPAN>variable<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>0<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>none<BR>1:<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>default<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> &n= bsp; =20 </SPAN>variable<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>0<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>none<BR>2:<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>default<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> &n= bsp; =20 </SPAN>variable<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>0<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>none<BR>3:<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>default<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> &n= bsp; =20 </SPAN>variable<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>0<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20 </SPAN>none<BR>---------------------------------<BR></SPAN><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'">File=20 Number: 0<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-tab-count: = 1"> =20 </SPAN>Record Number: 0<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-tab-count: = 1"> =20 </SPAN>Residual Count 0</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>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. </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>TIA,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Joe</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_012F_01C22150.B33DD770-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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