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Re: Exabyte 8505 XLS can't read old tapes - resolved

2003-08-06 02:54:35
Subject: Re: Exabyte 8505 XLS can't read old tapes - resolved
From: Andy Howell <AndyHowell AT austin.rr DOT com>
To: Andy Howell <AndyHowell AT austin.rr DOT com>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 01:48:47 -0500
Andy Howell wrote:

So, I wonder what the 'Incorrect Length Indicator Set' means?

That turned out to be the key!

Sorry to keep posting to myself, but I found the problem and thought maybe I could save someone else the pain. It turns out that kernel did not know about drive bacause the name had IBM in it. I added the following entry to /kernel/drv/st.conf, rebooted and it worked. Not sure what all the parameters mean. I just cut'n'pasted the corresponding unbranded Exabyte ones.

tape-config-list=
"EXABYTE IBM-8505", "Exabyte IBM-8505 8mm Helical Scan","IBM-8505";
IBM-8505        =       1,0x29,0,0xce39,4,0x14,0x15,0x8c,0x8c,1;

Andy