RE: Problem install 2.4.28 kernel on RedHat ES 3.0

["Vincent Aniello" <Vincent Aniello PipelineTrading com>]

I am seeing the following errors in /var/log/messages when using BRU to
backup my server:

Nov 24 01:37:15 netmon1 kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current
st09:00: sense key Medium Error
Nov 24 01:37:15 netmon1 kernel: Additional sense indicates Unload tape
failure

According to BRU tech support and the web page
http://www.linuxtapecert.org/kernel.html (this web page is maintained by
the developer of BRU) this problem is caused by SCSI problems with
kernels prior to 2.4.24.

--Vincent




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From: taroon-list-bounces redhat com
[mailto:taroon-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Jay Lee
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:02 AM
To: Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon)
Subject: RE: Problem install 2.4.28 kernel on RedHat ES 3.0


Kevin Jackson said:

>> I need the new kernel to resolve SCSI issues that are affecting tape
>> operations on my server.

> This is going to be a barrage of the same responses to this ---
> Why on earth are you using a vanilla kernel, replacing the crux of the
> "Enterprise Linux" you have paid for?

Yes, don't use kernel.org kernel's on RHEL.  RHEL's kernel is a sort of
hybrid between 2.4 and 2.6.  Using a vanilla 2.4 means you lose all
those
advantages plus, as you've found, it just doesn't work.  I'd recommend
patching the RHEL3 kernel tree with the minimal fix for your SCSI tape
issue and using that.  You should also submit a bugzilla report to
RedHat
and they may include it in the next kernel errata.  Maybe you should
offer
more issues on your SCSI issues here...

Jay
-- 
Jay Lee
Network / Systems Administrator
Information Technology Dept.
Philadelphia Biblical University
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