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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6284 ; Thu, 07 Jan 93 16:10:41 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!aukuni.ac.nz!kcbbs!dgd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: [386BSD] scsi tape problem Message-ID: <100939.24758.12895@kcbbs.gen.nz> From: dgd@kcbbs.gen.nz (David Dix) Date: 10 Jan 93 06:52:38 GMT Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand Lines: 34 My scsi tape drive used to work ok with the original 386bsd scsi driver. However after installing Julian's new scsi driver the tape is found ok: aha0 reading board settings, scsidev=7 150 nSEC ok, use 200 nSEC **aha0 probing for scsi devices** dev0,lu0: type 0(direct),fixed 'NEC D5882 G01 ' scsi1 sd0: 621MB, cyls 1633, heads 15, secs 52, bytes/sec 512 dev4,lu0: type 1(sequential),removable 'ARCHIVE VIPER 150 21247-005' scsi1 st0: scsi tape drive, 0 blocks of 512 bytes dev6,lu0: type 5(readonly),removable 'MATSHITACD-ROM CR-5XX 1.0b' scsi1 The disk and CD-Rom work ok but when I try to write anything to a tape with 'tar cvf /dev/rst0 .' these errors are reported: st0: medium error block no. 40 (decimal) st0: medium error block no. 21 (decimal) could not write_filemarks st0 st0: medium error block no. 40 (decimal) st0: medium error block no. 21 (decimal) could not write_filemarks st0 I can read tapes ok and retrieve a file but nothing will write. I have tried several different used and new DC6150 and DC6250 tapes but still the same error. I'm sure it must be something simple but I just cannot figure it out. Anyone any ideas? Thanks. * dgd@kcbbs.gen.nz (David Dix), Fidonet 3:772/90. ZL1UZC k * * Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. . *