On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:37:17AM +0100, Anton Ivanov wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 > Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 > Severity: important > > > Kernel detects ide tape > > ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: Seagate STT20000A rev 8A51 > ide-tape: hdb <-> ht0: 1000KBps, 6*54kB buffer, 9720kB pipeline, 108ms tDSC, > DMA > > After which all userland utilities fail to access it or issue any > commands to it. > > The drive mostly works using ide-tape in 2.6.14 and 2.6.16 on write (some > read problems). Works fine in 2.6.16 using ide-scsi read/write. > > Frankly, anyone who has had to use ide-tapes knows that Linus can go get > lost with his statement about the IDE tape driver now being a perfect > replacement for ide-scsi (multiple times on lkm since 2003). It isn't. > In fact I have yet to see a kernel release where it works fine. > > So disabling IDE-SCSI is not nice. That is the only means to use ide > tape drives at the moment.
Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions? If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4? http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
