addendum : DDS-3 Tape errors

From: Gary Lopez (gary@catapult.com)
Date: Tue Sep 30 2003 - 17:59:50 EDT


Good Afternoon,
    I have done a search in google and Sun Managers and I can't seem to
find an answer to this error. Just a quick background. Last year I had a
Seagate Tpae library go bad on me. I had the unit replaced and the one
we have now is still working. The problem I currently have is, I need to
read some data from some old DDS-3 tapes we have from last year.
Whenever I try to read any of these tapes I get the error below. The
tape library is suppose to be backwards compatible. I am assuming the
tapes that were written are no good, but if someone has any ideas to try
something, I am open for help. Will summarize if anything if found.

p.s I did try see to set the block to "0" as suggested in one entry on
found in google, but the tape drive already had that configured in the
st.conf file.

Model # : STDL62401LW
Model interface : SCSI
Media mfg. : Seagate
Media type : DDS-4

st.conf file:
tape-config-list=
         "SEAGATE DAT 06240-XXX","Seagate DAT Drive","SEAGATE_DAT";
SEAGATE_DAT = 1,0x34,0,0xd639,4,0x00,0x8C,0x8C,0x8C,3;
                      ^
Error :
Sep 30 14:00:08 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense
Key: No Additional Sense
Sep 30 14:00:08 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x0
(no additional sense info), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Sep 30 14:00:08 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
Incorrect Length Indicator Set
Sep 30 14:02:22 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@2/st@5,0 (st12):
Sep 30 14:02:22 catapult-fs Error for Command:
read Error Level: Fatal
Sep 30 14:02:22 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
Requested Block: 0 Error Block: 0
Sep 30 14:02:22 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor:
SEAGATE Serial Number:
Sep 30 14:02:22 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense
Key: Media Error
Sep 30 14:02:22 catapult-fs scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC:
0x3b (sequential positioning error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
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