mt and tar fail on LTO-5 drives

bartels bartels@mailme.ath.cx
Mon Aug 19 19:11:00 GMT 2013


On 08/19/2013 07:12 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> It would be interesting to see the OS error codes.  If you run tar under
> strace, the trace output should contain a line like
>
>    [...] write: Win32 error XXXX
>
> or
>
>    [...] close: Win32 error XXXX
>
> The value of XXXX is what I'm curious about.

Here is the error:

  15692 21364024 [main] tar 5700 mtinfo_drive::error: write: Win32 error 1100

>> I suppose there is nothing for cygwin to do, other
>> than adding some items to the 'density' list:
>>    {0x44, "Ultrium LTO-3"},
> mt already knows LTO-3 and 4.

Which version is that? I have mt V2.3.2 and do not see it in the code.

- Bartels

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