Hey gang,

No reply. I guess I provided to much data


So to Simplify:
Anyone ever use DDS2 tape drives?

Cheers,
-jpg

>>>>> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, jpg == jpg@hpcvsjpg.cv.hp.com wrote:

jpg> Subject: HP C1533A DDS2 tape drive
jpg> From: jpg <jpg@hpcvsjpg.cv.hp.com>
jpg> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:16:27 -0800
jpg> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

jpg> Has anyone ever got an HP c1533a to work with tar/cpio/mt on Debian etch?

jpg> All attempts have failed with:

jpg> tar: /dev/nst1: Warning: Cannot close: Input/output error
jpg> cpio: error closing archive: Input/output error
jpg> mt: error closing archive: Input/output error

jpg> and worse, like eating tapes and tape drives. Have tried 3 different
jpg> known good HP C1533A tape drives, 2 different cables and numerous tapes.

jpg> Actually have trashed a few tapes and 1 tape drive. Tape drives
jpg> go through numerous repositionings, rewinds. cpio is the worst of the
jpg> lot, as it actually kills the tape drive, whereas tar and mt just
jpg> wrap tape around the capstan.

jpg> Have done numerous cleanings, so that's not it. Also these tapes and
jpg> tape drives were taken from running HP-UX servers where they performed
jpg> flawlessly.

jpg> There must be a module specific to DDS tapes that I am missing to keep
jpg> tape tension set or disable reposition after every bit written or
jpg> something like that.

jpg> Details:
jpg> Kernel: 2.6.17.1
jpg> Dist: 4.0 (etch)

jpg> .config
jpg> ================================================== ======================
jpg> #
jpg> # SCSI device support
jpg> #
jpg> CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS=y
jpg> CONFIG_SCSI=y
jpg> CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y

jpg> #
jpg> # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
jpg> #
jpg> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
jpg> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
jpg> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST=y
jpg> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
jpg> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH=y

jpg> #
jpg> # Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
jpg> #
jpg> CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
jpg> CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y

jpg> #
jpg> # SCSI low-level drivers
jpg> #
jpg> CONFIG_ISCSI_TCP=y
jpg> CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
jpg> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=32
jpg> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY_MS=15000
jpg> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_DEBUG_MASK=0
jpg> CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=y
jpg> CONFIG_MEGARAID_SAS=y

jpg> ================================================== ======================

jpg> So has anyone ever crossed this bridge before?

jpg> -jpg


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