Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 02:40:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 02:40:06 -0400 Received: from mex.italtel.it ([138.132.117.4]:25822 "EHLO mex.italtel.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 02:40:05 -0400 Message-ID: <3D86BADD.8F54CA99@imads2.milano.italtel.it> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 07:17:17 +0200 From: Corrado Cappello Organization: Italtel S.p.A. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [it] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: it MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: PROBLEM: restore file in tar from a magnetic tape Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 925 Lines: 31 If I use the same tape and the same environment (OS 2.4.3.12 and CPU ALPHA EV6) i have observed: the system crash happens during rewind the tape; in fact if I substitute /dev/st0 with /dev/nst0 and so i don't active the "close" system call in rewind mode, 3 times on 3 tar file is restored. Now I want see what happens in controller's (QLOGIC ISP1020) driver during the close. Someone has any ideas? Thank you cappelc -- +----------------------------------+ Corrado Cappello Italtel spa TPD-SP-PE-U E-Mail:corrado.cappello@italtel.it Phone (+39.2)43888991 Fax (+39.2)43888705 Mobile (+39.2)43884212 +----------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/