Re: FC3: ide tape problem with kernel 2.6.10 [SOLVED]
From: Craig Goodyear (craig48_at_swbell.net)
Date: 04/08/05
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Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:56:36 -0500 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
>> I am using a Seagate STT8000A ATAPI tape drive for backup. Prior to
>> the kernel update to 2.6.10, tar and dump both worked without any
>> problems using this tape drive.
>>
>> Since the kernel update, tar and dump appear to write the files to the
>> tape drive: no error messages are generated during the write.
>> However, I am not able to restore any of the backup files to the hard
>> disk.
>>
>
> I have found that I can get the tape drive to work if DMA is turned off.
> The tape is setup as hdd during the boot process. However, there
> is no entry created in /dev for hdd. The only way that I know to
> disable DMA is for all IDE drives, using ide=nodma. Since /dev/hdd is
> missing, I cannot figure out a way to use hdparm.
>
> Is there a way to turn off the DMA for only the tape drive?
>
Thanks to those who responded to my requests for help.
Craig
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