> ----- Original Message ---- > From: Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Bacula Users <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 2:57:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] No tar for my tape drive!?!? SAS tape library > help... > > Hi,
Hello. :) > 31.10.2008 20:21, Michael Kahle wrote: <snip> >> And tried: >>> mt -f /dev/nst0 defcompression >> >> No output there. Here are the messages after I ran those two commands: >>> dmesg | tail >> st0: Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] >> st0: Add. Sense: Initiator response timeout >> st0: Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] >> st0: Add. Sense: Initiator response timeout > > This looks bad... usually, you shouldn't see this sort of things... > timeouts typically indicate something is seriously going wron on the > SCSI bus (or, in your case, the SAS links. Might be a drive > misconfiguration. > > Have you tried if IBM has a dedicated driver for their SAS tapes? I > know there is IBMtape available and IBM recommends it for their SCSI > tapes (admittedly, the default linux tape drivers seem to work fine, > too) so it might be worth trying IBMtape. > > Arno Thanks Arno. IBM does have a dedicated driver. I didn't think it necessary. =/ Their support for Linux is isolated to RH and Suse. Groan. I run Debian. I did find the drivers you were referring to however. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Linux/ In the directory "lin_tape_source-lin_taped" they have a file "lin_tape-1.19.0-1.src.rpm.bin" I downloaded this file and ran alien on it. Inside was a file "lin_tape-1.19.0.tgz" which I extracted and was left with a source file directory. Going into this directory I noticed a ton of files and in the makefile it is laced with calls to rpmbuild. Now I'm getting scared. I'm afraid this is rapidly getting much more difficult. I wonder if I should package this thing back up and get one that supports standards. =/ Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
