https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/st0-tape-errors/m-p/2823672#M2726 Iam getting kernel: st0: Error 250400fb (sugg. bt 0x20, driver bt 0x5, host bt 0x4). error.<BR /><BR />HARDWARE: Vendor: QUANTUM Model: SuperDLT1 Rev: 2626<BR /> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02.<BR />The following are the sequence of commands I issued <BR /># mt -f /dev/st0 status<BR />SCSI 2 tape drive:<BR />File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.<BR />Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).<BR />Soft error count since last status=0<BR />General status bits on (1010000):<BR /> ONLINE IM_REP_EN<BR /># tar cvf /dev/st0 rpm.out<BR />rpm.out<BR />tar: /dev/st0: Warning: Cannot close: Input/output error<BR /># tar tvf /dev/st0<BR />tar: This does not look like a tar archive<BR />tar: Skipping to next header<BR />tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors<BR /># tar cvf /dev/st0 ./rpm.out<BR />tar: /dev/st0: Cannot open: Device or resource busy<BR />tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now<BR /><BR />I will be glad if forum members can help me solve this problem. <BR /><BR />Thanks, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:33:26 GMT Madhu Sudhan_1 2002-10-11T07:33:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/st0-tape-errors/m-p/2823672#M2726 Iam getting kernel: st0: Error 250400fb (sugg. bt 0x20, driver bt 0x5, host bt 0x4). error.<BR /><BR />HARDWARE: Vendor: QUANTUM Model: SuperDLT1 Rev: 2626<BR /> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02.<BR />The following are the sequence of commands I issued <BR /># mt -f /dev/st0 status<BR />SCSI 2 tape drive:<BR />File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.<BR />Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).<BR />Soft error count since last status=0<BR />General status bits on (1010000):<BR /> ONLINE IM_REP_EN<BR /># tar cvf /dev/st0 rpm.out<BR />rpm.out<BR />tar: /dev/st0: Warning: Cannot close: Input/output error<BR /># tar tvf /dev/st0<BR />tar: This does not look like a tar archive<BR />tar: Skipping to next header<BR />tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors<BR /># tar cvf /dev/st0 ./rpm.out<BR />tar: /dev/st0: Cannot open: Device or resource busy<BR />tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now<BR /><BR />I will be glad if forum members can help me solve this problem. <BR /><BR />Thanks, Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:33:26 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/st0-tape-errors/m-p/2823672#M2726 Madhu Sudhan_1 2002-10-11T07:33:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/st0-tape-errors/m-p/2823673#M2727 Hello,<BR /><BR />What linux distro and which kernel version are you using ?<BR />Could you consider upgrading the kernel or not ?<BR /><BR />Good luck.<BR /><BR />Kodjo<BR /> Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:59:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/st0-tape-errors/m-p/2823673#M2727 Kodjo Agbenu 2002-10-16T19:59:24Z