Thanks for the info. We're running 2.2.17 from www.kernel.org w/o any patches. Jim > > Greetings! You're not running the ide patches, are you? We're > running 2.2.17 with the patches, and have found that we must use the > ide-scsi interface to get verifiable backups. We still get apparently > harmless error messages in the logs though. > > Here are our modules.conf entries: > > pre-install ide-scsi echo ide_scsi:1 > /proc/ide/hdc/settings > post-install ide-scsi echo using_dma:0 > /proc/ide/hdc/settings > pre-install ide-tape echo ide_scsi:0 > /proc/ide/hdc/settings > pre-install st /sbin/modprobe -k ide-scsi > > We then use /dev/nst0. > > I believe these sysctrl parameters are only available with the ide > patches. You might be able to replicate the functionality with module > options if you're not using the patches. > > Take care, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I wrote on Nov 2nd about IDE tapes no longer working in 2.2.17. The > > write seems to work fine, but the verify pass causes read errors and > > a tar abort. > > > > I tried changing the priority of the tar process to higher than all > > others (it was running as a very low priority job and I thought that > > might be a contributing factor), but the higher priority did not help. > > > > I tried restoring the last file from the tape. One day it failed with > > an "unexpected EOF" error, the next day it restored the file correctly > > (even though we got the 12 read errors on the verify pass and tar > > aborted). > > > > My conclusion is that the tape write is working. The drive has > > hardware read after write verification, so I kinda thought this was > > the case. But IDE tape reads appear to be flakey on an active SMP > > setup (Intel). This problem started the day we switched from 2.2.16 > > to 2.2.17, without any other software or hardware changes. > > > > If I can be of any further help, let me know. > > > > Thanks, > > Jim Wilcoxson > > Owner, www.rubylane.com > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > > -- > Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ========================================================================== > "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
