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Hello everyone, I am trying to get my scsi tape drive to work. Not matter
what I do I get I/O errors.<br>
for example:<br><br>
mt -f /dev/st0 status<br>
/dev/st0: Input/output error<br><br>
mt -f /dev/nst0 status<br>
/dev/nst0: Input/output error<br><br>
when I run command without a tape in I get:<br>
mt -f /dev/nst0 status<br><br>
<pre>SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (50000):
DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN
</pre>-Tape drive: HP SureStore T4i<br><br>
-Linux 2.6.9-1.667 i686 GNU/Linux<br><br>
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Command dmesg | grep scsi, shows:<br>
<pre>scsi: ***** BusLogic SCSI Driver Version 2.1.16 of 18 July 2002
*****
scsi: Copyright 1995-1998 by Leonard N. Zubkoff
<lnz@dandelion.com>
scsi0: Configuring BusLogic Model BT-930 PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapter
scsi0: Firmware Version: 5.02, I/O Address: 0x2400, IRQ
Channel: 11/Level
scsi0: PCI Bus: 0, Device: 16, Address: 0x41300000, Host
Adapter SCSI ID: 7
scsi0: Parity Checking: Enabled, Extended Translation:
Enabled
scsi0: Synchronous Negotiation: Fast, Wide Negotiation:
Disabled
scsi0: Disconnect/Reconnect: Enabled, Tagged Queuing:
Enabled
scsi0: Driver Queue Depth: 255, Scatter/Gather Limit: 128
segments
scsi0: Tagged Queue Depth: Automatic, Untagged Queue Depth:
3
scsi0: SCSI Bus Termination: Enabled, SCAM: Disabled
scsi0: *** BusLogic BT-930 Initialized Successfully ***
scsi0 : BusLogic BT-930
Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Command
lsmod, reveals:<br>
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Module
Size Used by
parport_pc
24705 1
lp
11565 0
parport
41737 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4
24005 0
i2c_dev
10433 0
i2c_core
22081 1 i2c_dev
sunrpc
160421 1
md5
4033 1
ipv6
232577 12
uhci_hcd
31449 0
e100
39364 0
mii
4673 1 e100
floppy
58609 0
st
34781 0
BusLogic
71645 0
scsi_mod
118417 2 st,BusLogic
dm_snapshot
17029 0
dm_zero
2369 0
dm_mirror
23341 2
ext3
116809 2
jbd
74969 1 ext3
dm_mod
54741 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
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/proc/scsi/scsi:
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model:
T4000s Rev:
1.07
Type:
Sequential-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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</pre><font face="Courier New, Courier">If you need any more info, please
let me know.<br>
Any ideas greatly appreciated.ERS</font></body>
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