Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 13:59:50 -0800 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Wayne Anschutz <wayne@crinc.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb tape drive issue Message-ID: <f461b423-f4c2-17c1-9fa5-c2282893b0d3@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <202001031348.aa02716@cri450.crinc.com> References: <202001031348.aa02716@cri450.crinc.com>
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On 1/3/20 11:48 AM, Wayne Anschutz wrote: > Folks, > > I'm new at this bsd OS, but did get an xinuos open server 10 operating > which is BSD. I've managed to get everything working with some trial and > error picking the correct ports for necessary libraries. The BSD os is > stable version 11.3. > > The problem popped up when I tried to make a backup tape using a usb dat160 > internal drive. After testing a lot I found that the drive would read > tar and dd formats correctly. It did only a flawed read on cpio tapes. It > always failed on any write with CAM errors and scsi errors. Research on > the web proved that this is not an uncommon problem with usb storage > devices. I am not interested in being a freeBSD test bed! I need a stable > OS for my customers. > > My first question - would updateing to stable 12.1 solve this? If so what > are the updateing pit falls? Would switching to a dat160 scsi lvd drive > solve the problem? I think the best next step would be if you could provide additional debugging information. for example: - what is the model number of the tape drive in question? also, what does the output of "usbconfig" look like when the device is attached? - can you share an example of the errors when you are running cpio? also relevant messages from "dmesg" would be helpful here as well. - also if you can share the cpio commands you are running that would be helpful as well. Cheers, -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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