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Gaspar Bakos | 25 Nov 2003 04:40
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EOT in 2.4.18 kernel

Hi,

For some reason I have to use the 2.4.18 kernel, but I realized there is a
bug in the st driver:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79027
for which there are patches in higher kernels, such as 2.4.20+

Basically we can reach the end of the tape while archiving, and we don't
get an EOT, and we keep on archiving, but tar e.g. fails.

Does anyone have a kernel patch for 2.4.18?

Cheers
Gaspar
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Gaspar Bakos | 28 Nov 2003 19:03
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tar to DDS4 tape - small capacity

Hi,

I encounter a problem when writing to DDS4 tapes under Linux: I can write
far less (sometimes 10Gb) than the nominal capacity (20Gb) in uncompressed
mode. I was wondering if anyone has a clue where the error could be.
Basically the tar exits as:

-rw-rw-r-- hatuser/hatuser 5694575 2003-11-10 11:15:01 6-20031107/15641.fits.fgz
tar: /dev/nst0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

$ echo $?
2

After the error occurs, I don't see EOT or EOD with "mt status". But I
have the suspicion that the tape might be at the end. Unfortunately, if
I eject it to check what is going on, it automatically rewinds itself.
This might be related to
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79027

Any advice regarding the following (blocksizes, the way I archive, etc.)
are welcome.

Thanks
Gaspar

Software
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Linux redhat 7.3
kernel 2.4.18
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