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George Wu (grw@oahu.cs.ucla.edu) wrote:

:   I recently installed an Archive Python SCSI DAT drive on my system
: (NeXTStation Mono running NS 2.1) for backup purposes.  However, I
: have been unable to use tar on the drive.  I always get an 'I/O error'
: when I run tar and the associated SCSI error is as follows.


: 	st: cmd = 0x15 sr_io_status = 2H
: 	    Sense key = 0x5  Sense Code = 0x1a


:   According to scsireg.h the SCSI command causing the problem is MODE
: SELECT and the sense key (0x5) indicates invalid request.  Does anyone
: know the solution to this problem ? Any help is appreciated.


:   George Wu

Well, it would have helped if you indicated your command line for tarring.
I have the same drive, and I can tar, no problems at all, with this comman
line syntax (from root /):

tar -xvf /dev/rst0 *

I usually use gnutar with this syntax:

gnutar -xvpf /dev/rst0 *

Give it a try.  My current DAT scsi id is "6"

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