Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:06:35 -0500 From: "Daryl Chance" <dchance@valuedata.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Seagate STT8000A Message-ID: <004b01c00d46$0610a5c0$0200000a@development1>
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Hi, Now that my comp seems to be stable enough to stay up all the time, it's time to setup a backup routine. I'm having problems getting the above mentioned tape drive to work. I've tried (just to get it to recognize it) mt -f /dev/nrast0 retention and mt -f /dev/rast0 retention both make the tape drive spin up and rewind....but both cause the following message: ast0: TEST_UNIT_READY command timeout - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. ata0-master: DMA limitted to UDMA33, non-ATA66 compliant cable ata0-slave: timeout waiting for command=ef s=11 e=60 ata0-slave: timeout waiting for command=ef s=11 e=04 done (I know the problem with the UDMA thing...just a matter of me opening the case again) then they finish up with this: mt: /dev/nrast0: retension: Input/output error mt: /dev/rast0: retension: Input/output error doing an errstat gives: m12hRs4n205# mt errstat mt: /dev/rast0: Inappropriate ioctl for device m12hRs4n205# mt -f /dev/nrast0 errstat mt: /dev/nrast0: Inappropriate ioctl for device mt status displays properly (AFAIK) m12hRs4n205# mt status Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression Current: 0x01:X3.22-1983 512 bytes 800 none ---------available modes--------- 0: default variable 0 none 1: default variable 0 none 2: default variable 0 none 3: default variable 0 none once I get this problem worked out, I'm going to setup flexbackup to run nightly, but until then, I'm stuck. Stats: It runs slave to the HD (a MAxtor), should I run it as Master on the other controller, and the CD-Rom as slave? Thanks, -------------------------------------------------------- | Daryl Chance | I have made this letter longer then | | Valuedata, LLC | usual because I lacked the time to | | Memphis, TN | make it shorter. -- Blaise Pascal | -------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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