Bugzilla – Bug 129866
mt command from the cpio package outdated
Last modified: 2008-06-25 09:52:58 UTC
I use an HP DDS3 SCSI-2 DAT drive for backup. It is connected to an Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter. Under SuSE 10.0 I can no longer (de)activate the drive's hardware compression: /usr/bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 datcompression 0 Can't write mode page. mt: /dev/nst0: No such file or directory This and the following commands are all issued as user root. /dev/nst0 exists and it is possible to read from / write to the tape. At the same time, the following message is written to /var/log/messages: Oct 20 23:21:21 kato kernel: program mt is using a deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO Backup solution: Switch over to /usr/bin/mtst from the mt_st package. Note that the syntax of this command differs slightly from that of /usr/bin/mt, e.g. /usr/bin/mt datcompression 2 is equivalent to /usr/bin/mtst compression 1
I do not have the necessary knowledge to make the changes. Anreas please reassigne to someone who knows about this topic.
To be decided after SL 10.1 / SLES10 have gone GA.
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Closing old LATER+REMIND bugs as WONTFIX - if you still plan to work on it, feel free to reopen and set to ASSIGNED. In case the report saw repeated reopen comments, it's due to bugzilla timing out on the huge request ;(