Topic: Tape error /dev/st0: Input/output error

[Anonymous]

Hi All

Have a HP SCSI Travan T20 tape drive, but it does not work!

"/dev/st0: Input/output error" is the offending line in messages.

Do I need to change some configuration file?

Running SME 6.01.

Also tried direct mt commands.

login as: root
Sent username "root"
root@192.168.10.3's password:
Last login: Sat Mar 20 11:05:07 2004 from pc-00199.beast.dk
Welcome to the Mitel Networks SME Server.
[root@server root]# mt status
/dev/tape: No such file or directory
[root@server root]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
/dev/st0: Input/output error
[root@server root]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
/dev/nst0: Input/output error

Thanks for any direction

Beast

[barryf]

It sounds like a tape or head problem.  Try another tape, or cleaning the heads.  What happens if you do a find . -print | cpio -oBvc > /dev/st0?  

Barry

[Beast]

It was some sort of head problem. I took the hardware apart and really cleaned it a lot, then it worked.

Thanks !!!!!
Beast

[FloydWales]

I had a problem with Linux reporting a input output error

It was a harware problem changed the drive all worked ok then.

Thanks