From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 16:16:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4603A16A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:16:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D57743D49 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:16:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) id iBMGGmX6058631; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:16:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:16:48 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: comm/JT Message-ID: <20041222161648.GA36639@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20041222160816.9891AE028@cmlapp400.van.ca.siteprotect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041222160816.9891AE028@cmlapp400.van.ca.siteprotect.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REPOST: TAR and SCSI Tape Drive Troubles. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:16:57 -0000 In the last episode (Dec 22), comm/JT said: > I have recently installed a SCSI tape drive in my FBSD box: > > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > sa0 at sym0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 > sa0: Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device > sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) > > I then tried to actually put some files on the tape using tar and had the > following message in 'demsg': > > Dec 21 10:38:11 taco kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:6:0): lost device > Dec 21 10:38:11 taco kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:6:0): failed to write terminating filemark(s) > Dec 21 10:38:12 taco kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:6:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command to clear this state. > Dec 21 10:38:12 taco kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:6:0): removing device entry > > I have no clue how to add the device entry again, I tried rebooting the box. > I even tried some commands with 'devfs'... and got no where. The SCSI subsystem thinks the device has been disconnected; devfs can't put the /dev/ node back until you rescan the SCSI bus. Try running "camcontrol rescan all". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com