hi all, i am using RHEL 5 on IBM-P series having IBM Tape drive LTO3. I can backup small size of file/s. but when i try to backup file/files with larger size it stops working. even i have changed the tape cartrage (disk). but still in trouble. root# mt -f /dev/st0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x44 (no translation). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN # tar cvf /dev/st0 /etc tar: Removing leading `/' from member names /etc/ /etc/DIR_COLORS /etc/issue.net /etc/csh.login /etc/pam_pkcs11/ /etc/pam_pkcs11/pkcs11_eventmgr.conf /etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf /etc/scrollkeeper.conf /etc/NetworkManager/ /etc/gdm/modules/AccessKeyMouseEvents tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now There are (hexadecimal) errors in log file (/var/log/messages) and on console Jun 14 18:50:44 Mars kernel: ipr: 000003D0: 594A0900 00008000 D0001010 00000000 Jun 14 18:50:44 Mars kernel: ipr: 000003E0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Jun 14 18:50:50 Mars kernel: st0: Current: sense key: Unit Attention Jun 14 18:50:50 Mars kernel: Additional sense: Power on, reset, or bus device reset occurred _________________________________________________________________ Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
