I answer to myself and hope that this will be useful for someone in the future :-) This tape drive (and most of the ide tape drives) has to be seen from linux like a scsi device in order to work properly. A solution for fix this problem is to load the tape drive like a scsi device at boot time. Be sure that you have the ide-scsi.o module in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/. Then modify grub.conf like this: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=/dev/hda1 hdc=ide-scsi where hdc is the tape drive. Now you'll find your tape under /dev/st0 (rewinding tape drive) or /dev/nst0 (non-rewinding tape drive) instead of /dev/ht0 or /dev/nht0. Another solution can be found here: http://www.linuxtapecert.org/ATAPI.html hope that helps bye ale (i've found the solution here: http://www.faqchest.com/linux/SERVER-LINUX/linux-02/linux-0210/linux02101620_30304.html thx to peter ;-) Il lun, 2003-10-27 alle 12:33, Alessandro Amighetti ha scritto: > Hi all, > i'm encountering some problems to setup a backup system with RH9 and a > IBM TR-7 Travan tape. > The tape is recognized (/dev/ht0), i can use mt erase and mt rewind but > when i try to write something with tar on it i've got this error > message: > # tar cvf /dev/ht0 /etc > --> ide-tape: ht0: I/O ERROR, pc =a, key = 5, asc = 22, ascq = 0 > > Is anyone using the same tape? Anyone knows if this tape is supported by > RH9? I haven't found it in the hw list on redhat.com.... > > Thanks for answer, > have a nice day :-) > > Ale -- Alessandro Amighetti Dialogos3 - Gruppo TC Sistema 02/30209219 <alessandro.amighetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
