Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:38:42 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Mooney <rmooney@iss.net> To: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1-STABLE + Amanda + HP T4000 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990329112456.3962A-100000@arden.iss.net> In-Reply-To: <lfhfr4nyz2.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com>
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Well, again, I received that error when writing a label -- I couldn't use dump, for that matter. Tar was complaining that the block size wasn't 512kb (even when I specified -b 1). Amlabel reported that the TR4 was "not an amanda tape", rewound, and then attempted to write the label -- at which point I received the error. I rebooted at some point, and then amlabel started to lock up completely. No errors, just locked up (I was able to continue about my business in other tty's, however). I may try writing to the QIC-3095 again, and see what happens. :) - Rob On 29 Mar 1999, Chris Shenton wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:09:53 -0500 (EST), Robert Mooney <rmooney@iss.net> said: > > Robert> The system is running 3.1-STABLE w/ Amanda 2.4.1p1. > Robert> While attempting to write a label to a TR4 (travan 4gb native) > Robert> tape, I received the following error: > [SCSI illegal request] > > I have the same drive, -STABLE, and Amanda -- it's not limited to > Amanda. > > For some reason I don't completely comprehend, the driver rewinds > after each device closure (right term?) even on a no-rewind device for > this and some similar hardware. It affects even something as simple > as a multifilesystem dump -- each one overwrites the previous due to > the intervening rewinds. For similar reasons, Amlabel writes the > label, but then it gets overwritten with the first Amanda filesystem > dump so amanda thinks it's not an amanda tape. > > The author of the driver and some affected users have been discussing > the best solution for a couple weeks; probably best to join > freebsd-scsi to track progress. > > (I was considering a workaround using "tar" to glob all the > filesystems together and write them in one go to the tape -- a gross > hack but something that might get me some backups until the problem is > resolved. Fortunately I have an old DDS2 drive which behaves well under > the 3.x driver). > > > Robert> I've done backups using the QIC-3095 (2gb native) tapes under > Robert> FreeBSD 2.2.7. Unfortunately, the use of a larger tape and > Robert> newer OS seems to have gotten me in a bind. > > Actually, it was the driver that changed from 2.2.x to 3.x. They seem > to behave very differently. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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