Wojciech Puchar writes:
> i've got "new" DDS-1 tape drive with compression. i started dump with -a
> option (autodetect end of tape). what i've got was
> 
>   DUMP: write error 2876544 blocks into volume 1
>   DUMP: Do you want to restart?: ("yes" or "no") no
> 
> 
> instead of "insert next volume"
> 
> while dmesg shows:
> 
> st0(adv0:6:0):  Check Condition on CDB: 0x0a 00 00 80 00 00
>     SENSE KEY:  Recovered Error
>                 EOM Detected
>    INFO FIELD:  32768
>      ASC/ASCQ:  End-Of-Partition/Medium Detected
>          SKSV:  Actual Retry Count: 2
> 
> 
> - looks OK
> 
> so why it doesn't work?

Because end-of-media detection is not behaving the way it used to? :(

As a workaround, do a 'mt eew' on the dump device before doing the dump.

Later...

Greg Oster