Re: 2.2.18 IDE tape problem, with ide-scsi

[Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com>]

Thank you again, so much!

Take care,

Khalid Aziz <khalid@fc.hp.com> writes:

> 11,3 is "Multiple read errors". You can find all of the ASC and ASCQ
> listed in any SCSI spec document. You can find the SCSI-2 specs at
> <ftp://ftp.t10.org/t10/drafts/s2/s2-r10l.pdf>.
> 
> --
> Khalid
> 
> Camm Maguire wrote:
> > 
> > Thank you again for your help.  While I do seem to get more errors
> > with the ide-tape driver, I am also seeing some problems on further
> > examination which are common to both ide-tape and st over ide-scsi, so
> > perhaps I have a bad drive or tape.
> > 
> > When trying to mt eom, for example, I get
> > 
> > =============================================================================
> > st0: Error: 28000000, cmd: 5 0 0 0 0 0 Len: 16
> > [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sns = 70  5
> > ASC=20 ASCQ= 0
> > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
> > st0: Can't read block limits.
> > st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium b6, WBS 10, BLL 8
> > st0: Density 45, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
> > st0: Block size: 512, buffer size: 32768 (64 blocks).
> > st0: Retensioning tape.
> > st0: Error: 28000000, cmd: 5 0 0 0 0 0 Len: 16
> > [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sns = 70  5
> > ASC=20 ASCQ= 0
> > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
> > st0: Can't read block limits.
> > st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium b6, WBS 10, BLL 8
> > st0: Density 45, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
> > st0: Block size: 512, buffer size: 32768 (64 blocks).
> > st0: Spacing tape forward over 16383 filemarks.
> > st0: Spacing to end of recorded medium.
> > st0: Error: 28000000, cmd: 11 3 0 0 0 0 Len: 16
> > Info fld=0x3feb, Deferred st09:00: sns = f1  3
> > ASC=11 ASCQ= 3
> > Raw sense data:0xf1 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x3f 0xeb 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x11 0x03 0x00 0x00
> > st0: Error: 28000000, cmd: 5 0 0 0 0 0 Len: 16
> > [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sns = 70  5
> > ASC=20 ASCQ= 0
> > Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
> > st0: Can't read block limits.
> > st0: Mode sense. Length 11, medium b6, WBS 10, BLL 8
> > st0: Density 45, tape length: 0, drv buffer: 1
> > st0: Block size: 512, buffer size: 32768 (64 blocks).
> > st0: Rewinding tape.
> > =============================================================================
> > 
> > What is the 11,3?  Where can I find these codes listed?  Why is the
> > drive having trouble finding the end of the tape?  I'll be testing
> > more tapes soon, but this definitely happens with at least several.
> > The mt command returned to the prompt with 'Input/ouput error'.
> > 
> > Many Thanks again,
> > 
> 
> -- 
> ====================================================================
> Khalid Aziz                             Linux Development Laboratory
> (970)898-9214                                        Hewlett-Packard
> khalid@fc.hp.com                                    Fort Collins, CO
> 
> 

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