st0 tape errors

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

Iam getting kernel: st0: Error 250400fb (sugg. bt 0x20, driver bt 0x5, host bt 0x4). error.

HARDWARE: Vendor: QUANTUM Model: SuperDLT1 Rev: 2626
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02.
The following are the sequence of commands I issued
# mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (1010000):
ONLINE IM_REP_EN
# tar cvf /dev/st0 rpm.out
rpm.out
tar: /dev/st0: Warning: Cannot close: Input/output error
# tar tvf /dev/st0
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
# tar cvf /dev/st0 ./rpm.out
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot open: Device or resource busy
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

I will be glad if forum members can help me solve this problem.

Thanks,

[Kodjo Agbenu]

Hello,

What linux distro and which kernel version are you using ?
Could you consider upgrading the kernel or not ?

Good luck.

Kodjo