Re: Tape drive problem.

["Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose ex-pressnet com>]

Change your controller and cable.

Something is amiss with the I/O buffering IC's, probably due to a short.

-JMS

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen celt network1 net>
To: redhat-list redhat com <redhat-list redhat com>
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 7:20 AM
Subject: Tape drive problem.


>Okay...  this is really getting on my nerves...
>
>All of a sudden, the tape drive on one of our servers started to act
>funny...  Now, whenever I try to run an mt command or dump, I get:
>
>/dev/nst0: I/O error
>
>I get the following kernel messages in the logs:
>
>Sep 30 01:21:01 cable kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data not
> valid Current error st09:00: sns = 70  4
>Sep 30 01:21:01 cable kernel: ASC=44 ASCQ= 0
>Sep 30 01:21:01 cable kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x00 0x00
> 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x44 0x00 0x00 0x00
>
>This is repeated numerous times.  The drive is an HP t4000, scsi.  Just
>now, I hooked up a brand new Segate 4/8GB DAT drive, and I get the same
>results.   Where do I look to fix such a problem?   I don't see how it
>could be the scsi card or motherboard or anything else, since the system
>runs fine otherwise.  Any ideas?
>
>thanks.
>
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>Randy Carpenter - UNIX Systems Admin             First Network Group
>rcarpen celt network1 net                        Wapakoneta, OH
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