Re: Tape Problems Redux

Leonard N. Zubkoff (lnz@dandelion.com)
Sat, 9 Nov 1996 17:09:53 -0800


From: bandregg@idir.net
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 09:53:32 -0600

Can anyone identify this problem as being the scsi adapter, the DAT drive
or the tape itself?

Nov 9 09:49:27 cypress kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error st09:00: sns = 70 3
Nov 9 09:49:27 cypress kernel: ASC= 3 ASCQ= 2
Nov 9 09:49:27 cypress kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x03 0x02 0x00 0x2a
Nov 9 09:49:27 cypress kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error st09:00: sns = 70 3
Nov 9 09:49:27 cypress kernel: ASC= 3 ASCQ= 2
Nov 9 09:49:27 cypress kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x03 0x02 0x00 0x2a
Nov 9 09:49:27 cypress kernel: st0: Error on write filemark.

Thanks very much this is very important.

Bryan C. Andregg

The Sense Code is 3, MEDIUM ERROR:

| 3h | MEDIUM ERROR. Indicates that the command terminated with a non- |
| | recovered error condition that was probably caused by a flaw in |
| | the medium or an error in the recorded data. This sense key may |
| | also be returned if the target is unable to distinguish between a |
| | flaw in the medium and a specific hardware failure (sense key 4h).|

The Additional Sense Code (ASC) and Additional Sense Code Qualifier (ASCQ)
indicate:

| 03h 02h T EXCESSIVE WRITE ERRORS |

All from the draft SCSI-2 spec.

I'd say it's either the tape itself or possibly the drive.

Leonard