hello borislav, may i forward you that *old* Debian kernel bug, have seen you working on ide-tape: http://bugs.debian.org/11922 no we don't carry any ide patches anymore. maybe you've already fixed it in latest? thanks -- maks ----- Forwarded message from Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> ----- Subject: Bug#11922: I/O error on blank tapes Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:06:18 +0100 From: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> To: 11922@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi, This does still occur with 2.6.22; with a blank tape in my HP DDS-4 drive: $ tar tzvf /dev/nst0 tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Nothing gets logged anywhere, which fits the original bug description. This is a well-known issue: see for example http://www.sibbald.com/bacula/html-manual/Bacula_Console.html (search for "blank tape"). Regards, Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- End forwarded message ----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
