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Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org> writes:
> What is the block size you are using to access the HT0 device?
>
> tar cvvf -b 64 * works like a charm
Hello Andre! Thank you for the suggestions. I've got some more data
for you to consider - hopefully it will help pinpoint the problem.
(I'm still hoping that I've done something stupid, but I'm starting to
believe otherwise...)
Anyway, I've been using -b 64 for tar. Actually, I've just gotten
errors when I've used another blocksize.
I just built a new kernel, 2.2.15 + ide.2.2.15.20000509 patch. I used
the same configuration as before, but this time building ide-tape
support into the kernel. I turned off the machine, booted the system,
and inserted a new tape. I then ran a few tests - I'm including the
results below.
First, I erased and retensioned the tape, imitating what the Onstream
Echo software does when a new tape is inserted:
lydia:~ # mt -f /dev/nht0 erase; mt -f /dev/nht0 retension;
mt -f /dev/nht0 rewind; mt -f /dev/nht0 status
drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
drive status = 32768
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0
block number = 0
Tape block size 32768 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (49000000):
BOT EOD ONLINE
These commands caused the following kernel messages:
ide-tape: ht0: invalid header identification string
ide-tape: ht0: invalid header identification string
ide-tape: ht0: invalid header identification string
ide-tape: ht0: invalid header identification string
ide-tape: ht0: invalid header identification string
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't read header frame
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't read header frame
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't read header frame
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't read header frame
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't read header frame
ide-tape: ht0: failed to find valid ADRL header
ide-tape: ht0: correcting read position 20, 0, 0
ide-tape: ht0: correcting read position 20, 0, 0
Then, I created a tar archive:
lydia:/ # tar -c -b 64 -v --totals -f /dev/nht0 scratch
>& /tmp/scratch-backup.log &
The tar returned with no errors, and the following summary:
Total bytes written: 1288765440 (1.2GB, 915kB/s)
Now I rewound the tape and ran a compare, and got the following errors:
lydia:/ # mt -f /dev/nht0 rewind; tar --compare -b 64 -f /dev/nht0
tar: /dev/nht0: Cannot read: Input/output error
... (10 lines)
tar: /dev/nht0: Cannot read: Input/output error
tar: Too many errors, quitting
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Interestingly enough, mt reports no errors:
lydia:/ # mt -f /dev/nht0 status
drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
drive status = 32768
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0
block number = 3334
Tape block size 32768 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (1000000):
ONLINE
However, the kernel thought otherwise:
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, eod
... (many, many lines)
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, eod
ide-tape: ht0: blank block detected, positioning tape to block 3055
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 2960)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 2960, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 0, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 1)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 1, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 1, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 2)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 2, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 2, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 3)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 3, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 3, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 4)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 4, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 4, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 5)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 5, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 5, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 6)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 6, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 6, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 7)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 7, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 7, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 8)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 8, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 8, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 9)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 9, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 9, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 10)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 10, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 10, skipping
ide-tape: ht0: skipping frame, logical_blk_num 3015 (expected 11)
ide-tape: ht0: couldn't find logical block 11, aborting (block 3015 found)
ide-tape: ht0: unrecovered read error on logical block number 11, skipping
And here is a listing of the initial boot messages:
Linux version 2.2.15-ide-05092000 (soma@lydia) (gcc version 2.7.2.3)
#2 Mon May 22 16:48:47 MDT 2000
Detected 267281035 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 532.48 BogoMIPS
Memory: 160596k/163840k available (956k kernel code, 416k reserved,
1828k data, 44k init)
Dentry hash table entries: 32768 (order 6, 256k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 262144 (order 8, 1024k)
Page cache hash table entries: 65536 (order 6, 256k)
CPU: Intel Pentium II (Klamath) stepping 04
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd9c3
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 262144 bhash 65536)
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.12)
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xdc90-0xdc97, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xdc98-0xdc9f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: Maxtor 91020D6, ATA DISK drive
hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6402B, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd: OnStream DI-30, ATAPI TAPE drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: Maxtor 91020D6, 9728MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=1317/240/63, UDMA(33)
hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: OnStream DI-30 rev 1.06
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: 990KBps, 64*32kB buffer, 10208kB pipeline,
60ms tDSC, DMA
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP line discipline registered.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 44k freed
Adding Swap: 130748k swap-space (priority -1)
NET4: AppleTalk 0.18 for Linux NET4.0
epic100.c:v1.07h 8/18/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/epic100.html
eth0: SMSC EPIC/100 83c170 at 0xd800, IRQ 10, 00:e0:29:21:1d:d8.
eth0: MII transceiver #3 control 3000 status 7809.
eth0: Autonegotiation advertising 01e1 link partner 0001.
PPP BSD Compression module registered
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
es1370: version v0.31 time 16:55:39 May 22 2000
es1370: found adapter at io 0xdcc0 irq 9
es1370: features: joystick off, line in, mic impedance 0
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s)
aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x340, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7,
reconnect=enabled, parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100,
extended translation=enabled
aha152x: trying software interrupt, ok.
scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.7 $
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: WangDAT Model: Model 2600 Rev: 01.6
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: D.13
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max buffers 5, s/g segs 16.
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda1
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de)
nfsd_fh_init : initialized fhcache, entries=1024
So, does this help? Other tests I should run?
Again, thanks!
--Anil
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Anil Somayaji (soma@cs.unm.edu)
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~soma
+1 505 872 3150
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