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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:54:03 -0800
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Mike Dresser <mdresser@windsormachine.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: issues with ide-tape under 2.4.x and with 2.2.x+ide patches
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On Thu, Nov 02 2000, Mike Dresser wrote:
> I'm currently running 2.4.0test10, running backups onto an IDE HP 7/14
> gb drive.  Using  tar -cpvf /dev/ht0 myfiles backs up fine, no errors.
> 
> But..
> 
> promise:~# tar -tf /dev/ht0
> tar: /dev/ht0: Cannot read: Input/output error
> tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> 
> and from dmesg:
> ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key =  5, asc = 20, ascq =  0
> ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc =  8, key =  5, asc = 2c, ascq =  0
> ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key =  5, asc = 20, ascq =  0
> 
> (normal, i get those cause of the lock drive/unlock drive, which the
> drive doesn't support)

Interesting, and this is test10? I submitted a patch for test10 to
not attempt prevent-removal commands in the ide-tape drives that
do not support it. If this is indeed test10, that would mean that
the HP drive misreports that capability. It'd be nice to know.

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* Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
* SuSE Labs
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