YDL 2.3 & PM8550 with DAT Drive

[William Carty]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]On Behalf
> Of Carlos Randolph
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 6:17 PM
> To: YDL-General-List
> Subject: YDL 2.3 & PM8550 with DAT Drive
>
>
> I recently purchased a PM8550 Server with the internal DAT drive
> (HP DDS-2).
> I also purchase, yep purchased, YDL 2.3 and did an installation setup for
> Internet/Intranet server.
>
> I checked the boot up logs and the Tape drive is recognized as /dev/st0.
>
> I used apt-get to install "mt-st" for the MT commands.
>
> I can do an "mt rewind" to rewind the tape.
> I can do an "mt tell" to see where I am at on the tape.
>
> I cannot get the tape to either erase or accept data from tar
> commands.  It
> keeps error out with "input/output error".
>
> Any hints or suggestions as to where I should look for help?
>
> BTW:  These  are brand new tapes as well and I have tried two of them.
>
> CR


What does "mt -f /dev/st0 stat" tell you?

You might try writing a little data to the tape using dd.  Something along
the lines of "dd if=/var/log of=/dev/st0".

Also, what is the exact tar command you are trying to use to write to tape?

Will