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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 8mm tape drive I/O error Post 29242 by Perderabo on Wednesday 2nd of October 2002 09:18:24 AM
Old 10-02-2002
I looked up the codes in the scsi standard...

Sense Key "Media Error" really that means an i/o operation was terminated due to a non-recoverable error. It is a little optimistic to call this a "media error"....the drive could easily be bad. ASC (Additional Sense Code) 3 means "Peripheral Device Write Fault". And ASCQ (Additional Sense Code Qualifier) 2 means "No Write Current". So basicly the driver asked the device to perform a write, the device tried, and the device failed.

This would not point to a cable or a incorrectly terminated scsi chain. And the problem followed the drive to a new computer.

So everything is pointing to the drive itself. Have you tried cleaning the heads? A new tape? If so, you probably have a bad drive.
 

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tms(4)							     Kernel Interfaces Manual							    tms(4)

Name
       tms - TMSCP magnetic tape interface

Syntax
       For UNIBUS, Q-bus:
	  controller klesiu0 at uba0
	  controller uq0 at klesiu0 csr 0174500 vector uqintr
	  tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0

       For MSI Bus:
	  adapter msi0 at nexus?
	  controller dssc0 at msi0 msinode 0
	  tape tms0 at dssc0 drive 3

       For VAXBI:
	  controller klesib0 at vaxbi0 node 0
	  controller uq0 at klesib0 vector uqintr
	  tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0

	  controller aie0 at vaxbi? node?
	  controller bvpssp0 at aie0 vector bvpsspintr
	  tape tms0 at bvpssp0 drive 0

       For MSI Bus:
	  adapter msi0 at nexus?
	  controller dssc0 at msi0 msinode 0
	  tape tms0 at dssc0 drive 0

       For VAX CI/HSC:
	  adapter ci0 at nexus?
	  adapter ci0 at vaxbi? node?
	  controller hsc0 at ci0 cinode 6
	  tape tms0 at hsc0 drive 3

Description
       Prior to Version 2.0, this device was referenced by tmscp(4).

       The  TMSCP  driver  provides  a standard tape drive interface, as described in This is a driver for any controller that adheres to the Tape
       Mass Storage Control Protocol (TMSCP).  The TMSCP controllers communicate with the host through a packet-oriented protocol termed the  Tape
       Mass  Storage  Control Protocol.  This driver also supports n-buffered reads and writes to the raw tape interface (used with streaming tape
       drives).  See for further details.

Tape Support
       TK50, TK70, TF70, TU81, TU81e, TA78, TA79, TA81, RV20, TA90, TA90E, TA91

Diagnostics
       All diagnostic messages are sent to the error logger subsystem.

Files
See Also
       mtio(4), nbuf(4), MAKEDEV(8), uerf(8), tapex(8)
       Guide to the Error Logger

																	    tms(4)
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