From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Oct 2 01:48:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA21653 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 01:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from casimir.easynet.fr (casimir.easynet.fr [194.51.27.235]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA21646; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 01:48:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from casimir.easynet.fr (casimir.easynet.fr [194.51.27.235]) by casimir.easynet.fr (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA00692; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:48:03 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:48:03 +0200 (MET DST) From: David Ramahefason To: Julian Elischer cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with an HP DAT 35480 A 1109 In-Reply-To: <32517682.15FB7483@whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Julian Elischer wrote: > David Ramahefason wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to have an Amanda server on my FBSD box, but seem to have > > problems with my DAT drive... > > When I issuse a tar cvf /dev/nrst0 * I always get an I/O error. I've > > tryied different tapes, but got the same result. > > Did I forgot something on my config, is the driver buggy ? > > Please HEEEEELP.... I'm working on it for a week now. > what KIND of error? > Well, it starts to backup and few seconds later I got a tar error: unable to write : I/O error. If I take a look to the console log, /kernel:st0(bt0:3:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28, 0 /kernel:st0(bt0:3:0): Not ready to transition, medium may have changed and sometimes I get: /kernel:st0(bt0:3:0): HARDWARE FAILURE asc:44,0 Internal target failure and I I try to change the blocksize with mt, I get: /kernel: st0 bad request must be multiple of "the blocksize I gave" Here the output of my mt st: Present Mode: Density = X3B5/88-185A Blocksize variable ---------available modes--------- Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 1: Density = X3.136-1986 Blocksize = 512 bytes Mode 2: Density = X3.39-1986 Blocksize variable Mode 3: Density = X3.54-1986 Blocksize variable Where is the problem ? Is the tape drive dead ? Oh, my SCSI card is a Buslogic 946 (PCI) DaviD _____________________Part of the SysopFamilly__________________ |David Ramahefason rama@easynet.fr | |Sysop, Easynet France SA http://www.easynet.fr | |23, rue du Renard, 75004 Paris, FRANCE | |tel: 44 54 53 33 Fax: 44 54 53 39 | ----------------