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Re: BNCHMARK DLT1 tape Problem

2004-05-19 10:25:00
Subject: Re: BNCHMARK DLT1 tape Problem
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:22:26 -0400
On Wednesday 19 May 2004 07:48, nejat onay erkose wrote:
>Hello Again,
>Yeah actually I mistyped "dev" as "dew" just on the email. I used
> "mt -f /dev/st0 rewind" on the command shell. But still, it is not
> working and I am not able to figure out what the problem is.
>Thanks.

Bear in mind that amanda uses the non-rewinding device, nst0, not st0.

>Martin Hepworth wrote:
>> that will be
>>
>>
>> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind...
>>
>> note the leading / and v not w in the path name...
>>
>> --
>> Martin Hepworth
>> Snr Systems Administrator
>> Solid State Logic
>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>
>> nejat onay erkose wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a problem with BNCHMARK DLT1 tape . May machine doesnt
>>> seem to see the tape properly.
>>>
>>> The below message is given in the booting time :
>>>
>>> "scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36
>>> Vendor: BNCHMARK Model: DLT1 Rev: 5032
>>> st: Version 20030406, bufsize 32768, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs "
>>>
>>> This as well...
>>>
>>> "SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
>>> st: Version 20030406, bufsize 32768, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs
>>> 16 Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
>>> st0: Block limits 2 - 16777214 bytes.
>>> scsi : 0 hosts left."
>>>
>>>
>>> and when I " mt -f dew/st0 rewind "
>>> the response is "dew/st0: No such file or directory"
>>>
>>>
>>> I would be glad if someone has an idea about this since so far i
>>> couldnt find any good clue on the internet to solve the problem.
>>> Thank you...
>>
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