Confirming this is still an issue with current versions; after upgrading to squeeze and removing mt-st I see this output:
# mt status drive type = 114 drive status = 822084096 sense key error = 0 residue count = 0 file number = 0 block number = 0 After installing mt-st: # mt status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x31 (AIT-2). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN Additional version information: # cat /etc/debian_version 6.0 # dpkg -l | grep "cpio\|mt-st" ii cpio 2.11-4 GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files ii mt-st 1.1-4 Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control (aka mt) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
