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From: Daniel Green (g595455etpc87.mar.lmco.com)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 16:01:01 CDT

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    Well this seemed to be the plan. With the Sony AIT 300C plugged into the
    Adaptec 29160 it behaves fine. I still can't do a dd though. I must need dd
    lessons. But tar seems to work fine.

    Thanks to all for the help.
    Dan

    Daniel Green wrote:

    > Ok, so my plan know is to install an adaptec 29160 and plug the tape drive
    > into that.
    > anybody know any problems with this?
    >
    > Dan
    >
    > W Bauske wrote:
    >
    > > Qlogic driver doesn't support dis-connect re-connect last I tried
    > > so they have problems with tape drives and cd-burners.
    > >
    > > Use a Symbios based card for the tape drive instead. I've attached
    > > many kinds of tape drives to Alphas and x86 Linux using Symbios.
    > >
    > > Wes
    > >
    > > Daniel Green wrote:
    > > >
    > > > I am trying to use a scsi tape drive to backup/read data/write data. I
    > > > am using the 2.4.10 kernel and a sony ait 300C tape drive. I have the Q
    > > > Logic ISP1020 (rev 05) controller. I am unable to get dd to do
    > > > anything.
    > > >
    > > > dd if=/dev/st0 of=test.raw
    > > > dd: reading `/dev/st0': Input/output error
    > > > 0+0 records in
    > > > 0+0 records out
    > > > dd: closing input file `/dev/st0': Input/output error
    > > >
    > > > If I use tar to say copy some files to the tape, it will work for about
    > > > 10 minutes before freezing up. I have to hard boot the machine to get
    > > > it back. Anybody have any ideas.
    > > >
    > > > Thanks,
    > > > Dan
    > > >
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