On 3/10/06, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 3/10/2006 9:06 PM, Nick Smith wrote:
> >>One very important question: Have you run the btape tests, and did they
> >>report anything you didn't understand or even errors?
> >>
> >
> > no i hadnt run the tests.
> ...
> >>Yes, btape testing...
> >
> > i have errors on the testing....where do i go from here?
> >
> > This is an *essential* feature ...
> >
> > 10-Mar 14:54 btape: btape Error: block.c:552 Write error at 0:791 on
> > device /dev/st0. ERR=Input/output error.
> > 10-Mar 14:54 btape: btape Error: Backspace file at EOT failed.
> > ERR=Input/output error
> > btape: btape.c:782 Error writing block to device.
>
> You should try disabling the BSF at EOM setting if it's enabled now.
how do i do that? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Also, "Backward Space File" and "Backward Space Record" might not work
> with your hardware / driver, so you might try to run the tests without
> those.
again how do i do that? i was just running:
btape -c /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf /dev/st0
> > after reading the documentation a little closer, i did do the following:
> >
> > become super user
> > mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
> > mt -f /dev/st0 stoptions buffer-writes async-writes read-ahead
> > mt -f /dev/st0 defblksize 0
> > mt -f /dev/st0 defcompression 1
>
> These will probably never help with tape positioning problems.
>
ok, was hoping.
> > and re-ran the tests and got the same result.
> >
> > could i have two bad tapes in a row? is there anything else it could be?
>
> It might help us if you posted what OS and hardware you use and also the
> device setup for the SD. It's quite possible that someone else has that
> combination running.
>
yeah i should have posted that earlier:
02:03.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / AIC-7881U
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.6/5.2.0
<Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L706
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
st: Version 20050501, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B), max page reachable by HBA 1048575
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0, type 1
its a DDS3 tape device.
im running gentoo linux with a 2.6.13 kernel.
the SD is on /dev/st0.
thanks for the help.
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