Hi again The proble was my error , i forget the file: before the vtape path
/usr/sbin/ammt -f file:/backup/vtapes/ydra/slots status file:/backup/vtapes/ydra/slots status: ONLINE On Nov 30, 2007 9:48 PM, pepone. onrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I get this error when check the status of my virtual tape. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ /usr/sbin/ammt -f /backup/vtapes/ydra/slots status > /backup/vtapes/ydra/slots status failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > My vtape partition is in is own partition as rerpoted by mount > /dev/sdc1 on /backup/vtapes/ydra type jfs (rw) > > > And here is dmesg relative ouput for the usb diks and usb-storage > > Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage > USB Mass Storage support registered. > usb-storage: device found at 2 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > > scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST350063 0A 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: > 0 > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > sdc: sdc1 sdc2 sdc3 > sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk > sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > usb-storage: device scan complete > > > I read about a similar error in this post > http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=462&highlight=ioctl > > A guy solve a similar problem on debian passing this option to configure > "--with-maxtapeblocksize=64" > > I go to test this on gentoo an report if this works on gentoo . > > >

