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HI...
This is my first posting so not sure if posting in correct place or not. Please advise if not.
I want to use HP DAT 24X6 SCSI tape drive with Linux 8.0. I 've attached the tape drive with linux but getting following error.
can someone please educate how the scsi tape drive installation works in linux ?
can someone please classified below output with his/her suggestion/comments ?
Thanks in advance for your help. I 'd follow up if i need to provide any more information.
thanks again. please help.
[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
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
[BDC root]# more /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: C1557A Rev: U812
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 01
Vendor: HP Model: C1557A Rev: U812
Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
[BDC root]# uname -r
2.4.18-14
[BDC root]# tar cvf /dev/st0 /etc
tar: Removing leading `/ ' from member names
etc/
etc/sysconfig/
etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases
tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
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
[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/nst1 status
/dev/nst1: No such device or address
[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
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
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File number=-1, block number=-1 < < < < < < < those are negative -1
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<DIV >HI... </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >This is my first posting so not sure if posting in correct place or not. Please advise if not. </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >I want to use HP DAT 24X6 SCSI tape drive with Linux 8.0. I 've attached the tape drive with linux but getting following error. </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >can someone please educate how the scsi tape drive installation works in linux ? </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >can someone please classified below output with his/her suggestion/comments ? </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >Thanks in advance for your help. I 'd follow up if i need to provide any more information. </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >thanks again. please help. </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/st0 status <BR >SCSI 2 tape drive: <BR >File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0. <BR >Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). <BR >Soft error count since last status=0 <BR >General status bits on (50000): <BR >DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN <BR > </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >[BDC root]# more /proc/scsi/scsi <BR >Attached devices: <BR >Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 <BR > Vendor: HP Model: C1557A Rev: U812 <BR > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI <BR >revision: 02 <BR >Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 01 <BR > Vendor: HP Model: C1557A Rev: U812 <BR > Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI <BR >revision: 02 <BR > </DIV >
<DIV >[BDC root]# uname -r <BR >2.4.18-14 <BR > <BR > <BR >[BDC root]# tar cvf /dev/st0 /etc <BR >tar: Removing leading `/ ' from member names <BR >etc/ <BR >etc/sysconfig/ <BR >etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ <BR >etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases <BR >tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes <BR >tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now <BR > </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status <BR >SCSI 2 tape drive: <BR >File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0. <BR >Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). <BR >Soft error count since last status=0 <BR >General status bits on (50000): <BR >DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN <BR > </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/nst1 status <BR >/dev/nst1: No such device or address <BR > </DIV >
<DIV > </DIV >
<DIV >[BDC root]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status <BR >SCSI 2 tape drive: <BR >File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0. <BR >Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). <BR >Soft error count since last status=0 <BR >General status bits on (50000): <BR >DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN <BR > </DIV >
<DIV >**** </DIV >
<DIV >File number=-1, block number=-1 <<<<<<< those are negative -1 </DIV > </TD > </TR > </TBODY > </TABLE > </DIV > <p > <hr size=1 > <font face=arial size=-1 >Do you Yahoo!? <br >
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" > <b >Yahoo! Finance Tax Center </a > </b > - File online. File on time.
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