ignite recovery tape doesn't work

[Gregory Hartmann]

I made a recovery tape using "make_recovery
-A -v" and that seemed to work ok, but when
I try to boot off the tape I hear the tape drive working, then the message appears:

Failed I/O operation
with ENTRY_IO
status = -5

(hex dump)

Error Reading IPL

I would greatly appreciate any help!
Greg

[Lawrence Mahan]

This sounds like a hardware failure. You may need to replace the tape drive. This may also mean that the tapes you created on the bad drive may not work.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Please see responses in a duplicate post:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x06056d96588ad4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

...JRF...

[Cheryl Griffin]

You may see the ENTRY_IO status= -5 when using a non-HP tape drive.

If this is the case, check with your Local HP rep, he may be able to loan you or rent you a drive that can be used.