IDE Tape Problems...

[John Thompson]

On Wed, 12 May 2004 08:57:26 -0400
James Kosin <jkosin at beta.intcomgrp.com> wrote:

> Since updating to the latest kernel (2.4.22-1.2188.nptl), I've had
> problems with my HP IDE Tape drive.  Previous kernels everything
> worked.~ This kernel just reports when using the generic IDE drivers
> that the'device / resource is busy' if I use the IDE-SCSI emulation
> drivers, I get 'Input/output error'...
> 
> I know the tape drive is OK....  Just don't know why Linux has stopped
> working with the tape drive.

I had the same problem a while ago.  It appears one of the newer
2.4.something kernels broke IDE tape support for some drives (mine was
an HP/Colorado 5GB).  I never could get it working, so I got SCSI DLT
tape drives instead.  I needed the larger capacity anyway, so I never
spent too long trying to fix the IDE tape device.

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-John (john at os2.dhs.org)