Hi all,

I'm getting this in my kern.log's:

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Sep  6 00:45:01 valhalla kernel: st: Version 20020205, bufsize 32768, wrt 
30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16
Sep  6 00:45:01 valhalla kernel: Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 
0, lun 0
Sep  6 00:45:01 valhalla kernel: st0: Block limits 25976 - 6841632 bytes.
Sep  6 01:18:39 valhalla kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Info fld=0x10200, 
Deferred st09:00: sense key Medium Error
Sep  6 01:18:39 valhalla kernel: Additional sense indicates Sequential 
positioning error
Sep  6 01:30:01 valhalla kernel: st: Unloaded.
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This was from an amdump, which failed after 64kb written.

A little bit later, running an amcheck:
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Sep  6 09:54:45 valhalla kernel: st: Version 20020205, bufsize 32768, wrt 
30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16
Sep  6 09:54:45 valhalla kernel: Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 
0, lun 0
Sep  6 09:54:45 valhalla kernel: st0: Block limits 11268 - 112641 bytes.
Sep  6 10:09:45 valhalla kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 
72600, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Read (6) 01 00 00 40 00
Sep  6 10:09:45 valhalla kernel: hdd: irq timeout: status=0xc0 { Busy }
Sep  6 10:09:45 valhalla kernel: hdd: ATAPI reset complete
Sep  6 10:09:45 valhalla kernel: hdd: irq timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Sep  6 10:09:46 valhalla kernel: hdd: ATAPI reset complete
Sep  6 10:09:46 valhalla kernel: hdd: irq timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Sep  6 10:09:46 valhalla kernel: st0: Error 27070000 (sugg. bt 0x20, driver bt 
0x7, host bt 0x7).
Sep  6 10:20:01 valhalla kernel: st: Unloaded.
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Pulled the tape out, plugged it back in, and now its dumping fine. Can anyone 
make sense of this?

BTW is there a way of getting amanda to put level 0's in "degraded mode"? I'd 
still like full dumps when I have to manually run amdump.

Regards,

Brian Jonnes
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