Re: SCSI Tape problems

[Daniel Green <g595455 etpc87 mar lmco com>]

Ok, so my plan know is to install an adaptec 29160 and plug the tape drive
into that.
anybody know any problems with this?

Dan


W Bauske wrote:

> Qlogic driver doesn't support dis-connect re-connect last I tried
> so they have problems with tape drives and  cd-burners.
>
> Use a Symbios based card for the tape drive instead. I've attached
> many kinds of tape drives to Alphas and x86 Linux using Symbios.
>
> Wes
>
> Daniel Green wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to use a scsi tape drive to backup/read data/write data.   I
> > am using the 2.4.10 kernel and a sony ait 300C tape drive.  I have the Q
> > Logic ISP1020 (rev 05) controller.  I am unable to get dd to do
> > anything.
> >
> > dd if=/dev/st0 of=test.raw
> > dd: reading `/dev/st0': Input/output error
> > 0+0 records in
> > 0+0 records out
> > dd: closing input file `/dev/st0': Input/output error
> >
> > If I use tar to say copy some files to the tape, it will work for about
> > 10 minutes before freezing up.  I have to hard boot the machine to get
> > it back.  Anybody have any ideas.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> >
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