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From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To: "Derrick T. Woolworth" <coeus@servetheweb.com>
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Subject: Re: Tape Media Problems
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Ive had troubles with dat drives if:

the wrong tape type is put in (make sure the dds-4 get appropriate tapes)

The scsi chain isnt terminated right (at the end and only at the end of
the physical, not logical chain).

what device numbers are any other scsi devices set to?  

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Derrick T. Woolworth wrote:

> I have a Tekram DC395U SCSI Adapter and a Seagate DAT DDS-4 06240-XXX 8040.
> 
> When I attempt to write a tape block identifier to the first block I get an 
> i/o error.
> 
> mt: /dev/nsa0: Input/output error
> 
> or sometimes
> 
> mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured
> 
> And the same when I attempt to mt fsf 1
> 
> Running tar cf /dev/rsa0
> 
> (sa0:tekram_trm0:0:2:0): unable to set fixed blocksize to 1024
> (sa0:tekram_trm0:0:2:0): failed to write terminating filemark(s)
> (sa0:tekram_trm0:0:2:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or 
> MTEOM command to clear this state.
> 
> It seems to write a couple of blocks of data and then exits with a broken 
> pipe and fails.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> D
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Derrick T. Woolworth, President
> R&D Associates, Inc. (913) 402-7010 x4308
> 
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