On Nov 30, 2007 9:48 PM, pepone. onrez <
pepone.onrez@gmail.com> wrote:
I get this error when check the status of my virtual tape.
amanda@zeus ~ $ /usr/sbin/ammt -f /backup/vtapes/ydra/slots status
/backup/vtapes/ydra/slots status failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
My vtape partition is in is own partition as rerpoted by mount
/dev/sdc1 on /backup/vtapes/ydra type jfs (rw)
And here is dmesg relative ouput for the usb diks and usb-storage
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access ST350063 0A
3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdc: sdc1 sdc2 sdc3
sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
I read about a similar error in this post
http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=462&highlight=ioctl
A guy solve a similar problem on debian passing this option to configure "--with-maxtapeblocksize=64"
I go to test this on gentoo an report if this works on gentoo .