From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 28 9:41:56 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 DA93A37B401 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 09:41:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AB2943E6A for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 09:41:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de) Received: from klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE (klima.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.162]) by klima.physik.uni-mainz.de (8.12.3/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8SGfqeJ012520 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 18:41:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 18:41:52 +0200 (CEST) From: "Hartmann, O." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Writing to tape drive produces invalid requests Message-ID: <20020928183805.S12511-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Hello. While writing to a tape drive unit I get this kernel log: (sa0:sym1:0:5:0): Invalid request. Fixed block device requests must be a multiple of 1024 bytes Can anyone explain what this means? OS is FreeBSD 4.6.2-pl2, backupsoftware is afbackup 3.3.7pl3, tapedrive unit is a HP SureStore 40x6i (DDS-4 autoloader with 6 cartridges). By default, the tape drive shows up after reset this 'mt status' messages: Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression Current: 0x26:DDS-4 1024 bytes 97000 DCLZ ---------available modes--------- 0: 0x26:DDS-4 1024 bytes 97000 DCLZ 1: 0x26:DDS-4 1024 bytes 97000 DCLZ 2: 0x26:DDS-4 1024 bytes 97000 DCLZ 3: 0x26:DDS-4 1024 bytes 97000 DCLZ --------------------------------- Current Driver State: at rest. --------------------------------- File Number: 1 Record Number: 0 Residual Count 0 This is hardcoded by DIP-switches and it whas worked up to FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE. Any ideas whats wrong? -- MfG O. Hartmann ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de ------------------------------------------------------------------ IT-Administration des Institutes fuer Physik der Atmosphaere (IPA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 55099 Mainz Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinenraum) Tel: +496131/3924144 (Buero) FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message