Hi,
I have tried to backup with dump to a tape drive model
HP-C1537A(dds2,dds3)
on (symbios scsi - ncr53c8xx) on linux box(version 6 - kernel
2.2.12-20).
Yes, the OS recognize the tape and load the "st" module(scsi id 2).
when i type : mt -f /dev/nst0 stat (ofcourse when i put DDS3 media)
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=1, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x25 (DDS-3).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (81010000):
EOF ONLINE IM_REP_EN
when i want to "dump" even the smallest partition( /boot - 20MB)
dumping /dev/sda5
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sun Sep 17 15:21:57 2000
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda5 (/home) to /dev/nst0
DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: estimated 5897597 tape blocks on 1.44 tape(s).
DUMP: Volume 1 started at: Sun Sep 17 15:22:06 2000
DUMP: End of tape detected
DUMP: Closing /dev/nst0
DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Sun Sep 17 15:22:29 2000
DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:00:23
DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 2 KB/s
DUMP: Change Volumes: Mount volume #2
DUMP: Is the new volume mounted and ready to go?: ("yes" or "no")
DUMP: "Yes" or "No"?
Don`t be mistake of the size of the partition above.it occures on every
single partition i want to dump
this is only the log of my backup script which begins to dump firstly
the most important data(/home)
but even , if i try manually to dump the /boot partition (or /opt), i
can`t.
When i "tail" the /var/log/messages , this is what i get:
Sep 17 13:28:48 localhost kernel: st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0]
Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Aborted Command
Sep 17 13:28:48 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Data phase
error
Now, i know that it`s not an hardware prbolem(to be sure, i configured
it on ULTRA SPARC station -
solaris 2.6 + windows nt workstation and it workes without any
problem.
I also use new media.
sure , i used an old Dynatek tape before and it worked fine , untill it
died.
And yes i tried to play with dump arguments( dump 0usf 410 .........)
and yes i "played" with mt options. but without any luck
Any ideas
Thanks
Avishay
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