Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:35:41 +0200 (CEST) From: pcasidy@casidy.com To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Cant write filemarks on DDS-4 Tapes Message-ID: <200306051038.h55Acpvg092080@gueway.home>
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Hello I currently face a strange problems. I use several type of tapes; from 1Gb to 20Gb tapes. I can read and write from of them but DDS-4 (20Gb)! I can read DDS-4 btu cannot write on them. When I try to write on a DDS-4 I encounter an error: [gueway] ~# tar c / tar: Removing leading `/' from member names tar: /dev/sa0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now and /var/log/messages says: Jun 5 12:28:09 gueway /kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:5:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 1 0 Jun 5 12:28:09 gueway /kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:1 asc:c,0 Jun 5 12:28:09 gueway /kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:5:0): Write error Jun 5 12:28:09 gueway /kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:5:0): failed to write terminating filemark(s) every time a filemark has to be written, I have the same error. For information, mt status gives: [gueway] ~# mt status Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression Current: 0x26:DDS-4 variable 97000 DCLZ ---------available modes--------- 0: 0x26:DDS-4 variable 97000 DCLZ 1: 0x26:DDS-4 variable 97000 DCLZ 2: 0x26:DDS-4 variable 97000 DCLZ 3: 0x26:DDS-4 variable 97000 DCLZ --------------------------------- Current Driver State: at rest. --------------------------------- File Number: 0 Record Number: 0 Residual Count 0 Changing comp to off, or blocksize to 1024 does not help. I do not understand why i can write on DDS-2 or DDS-3 but not on DDS-4 (i used to several months ago). I need your help ;) Thanks Phil.
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