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 .
