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From: "D. Thomas Podnar" <tom@microlite.com>
Subject: Re: Help with HP Travan Tape Drive
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: Eric M. Gordon propounded (on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 02:31:13AM +0000):
: | I have installed an HP Travan tape drive into an SCO 5.0.5 system. It keeps
: | erroring out during a tar or during the Verify phase of Microlite Edge.
:
: And the erros are ?
:
: | I've tried replacing the drive and changing tapes but the effect is
: | generally the same.
:
: Generally?: When are they the same (and what are they in that case)
: and when are they NOT the same (and then what are they) ?
:
: | Has anyone gotten one of these to work successfully? Are there any SCO
: | Patches that are needed. I believe I've installed the latest patches.
:
: Upon what do you base your belief?
:
: --
: JP
His drive is ATAPI/IDE.
We've recommended that he patch the Stp driver with the Driver.a that
properly separates read errors from EOM errors.
We've also recommended that he install the latest "wd" driver
from: ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/drivers/OSR505/btld/
The only other thought I have that we haven't mentioned is that
he check the HP web site for firmware upgrades to his drive.
o The firmware version for the HP SureStore T20e, T20Xe,
T20i, T20Xi Travans is 3.01.
o For the HP Colorado 14GB it is 4.01.
o For the HP Colorado 8GB it is 2.08.
o For the HP Colorado 5GB it is 2.08.
There are no firmware updates posted for the HP Colorado 20GB.
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/nonjsnav/hptapeback19100.html
is the jump off point for HP firmware updates.
That pretty much covers our ideas, unless he has a bad batch of media,
or needs to clean the drive more frequently. Any other thoughts/ideas
out there?
Tom
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