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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><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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lsmod, reveals:<br><br>
</font><pre>Module
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>Size<x-tab>
</x-tab>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Used by
parport_pc <x-tab> </x-tab>24705
<x-tab> </x-tab>1
lp
11565
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
parport 41737
<x-tab> </x-tab>2
parport_pc,lp
autofs4 24005
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
i2c_dev 10433
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
i2c_core 22081
<x-tab> </x-tab>1 i2c_dev
sunrpc
160421 <x-tab> </x-tab>1
md5
4033 <x-tab> </x-tab>1
ipv6
232577 <x-tab> </x-tab>12
uhci_hcd 31449
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
e100
39364
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
mii
4673 <x-tab> </x-tab>1 e100
floppy
58609
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
st
34781
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
BusLogic 71645
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
scsi_mod 118417
<x-tab> </x-tab>2 st,BusLogic
dm_snapshot 17029
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
dm_zero 2369
<x-tab> </x-tab>0
dm_mirror 23341
<x-tab> </x-tab>2
ext3
116809 <x-tab> </x-tab>2
jbd
74969
<x-tab> </x-tab>1 ext3
dm_mod
54741
<x-tab> </x-tab>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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/proc/interrupts:
CPU0
0:
172064414
XT-PIC timer
1:
694 XT-PIC
i8042
2:
0 XT-PIC
cascade
8:
1 XT-PIC rtc
11:
695379 XT-PIC
BusLogic BT-930, uhci_hcd, eth0
12:
48430 XT-PIC
i8042
14:
249976 XT-PIC
ide0
15:
515911 XT-PIC
ide1
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
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If you need any more info, please let me know.<br>
Any ideas greatly appreciated.<br><br>
ERS</font> <br>
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