Re: issues with ide-tape under 2.4.x and with 2.2.x+ide patches

[Mike Dresser <mdresser@windsormachine.com>]

> > ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key =  5, asc = 20, ascq =  0
> > ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc =  8, key =  5, asc = 2c, ascq =  0
> > ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key =  5, asc = 20, ascq =  0
> >
> > (normal, i get those cause of the lock drive/unlock drive, which the
> > drive doesn't support)
>
> Interesting, and this is test10? I submitted a patch for test10 to
> not attempt prevent-removal commands in the ide-tape drives that
> do not support it. If this is indeed test10, that would mean that
> the HP drive misreports that capability. It'd be nice to know.

Confirmed.

promise:~/crap# uname -a
Linux promise 2.4.0-test10 #4 Mon Oct 30 17:16:16 EST 2000 i686 unknown

And i think my clock chip is drifting, it's actually the 6th of November. =)

Anyways...... Spent 15 minutes trying to figure out why it couldn't read the
tape, and kept giving me the errors.  Then i remembered the whole point of
this bug-report WAS about it not reading tapes.  It's Monday morning, but my
brain is still out there in the wild blue yonder. :)

I'm interested in why the HP drive won't read tapes, but if i swap in my
Seagate, it reads them just fine.  Well, aside from media errors.  Seems HP
can't build a tape drive OR tape media that is reliable =)


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