error 5/cpio i-o error

johnal · Nov 20, 2003

there is a server with SCO unix. After 15 days I make a restart. After that it dismount the tape device and I can not mount it. Does anybody has any idea?

PHV · Nov 21, 2003

What are meaning by dismount and mount a tape device ?

johnal · Dec 22, 2003

I mean that when I restart the system after 15 days, the tape device does not exist in the system. The same have been working for 15 days before the restart.

PHV · Dec 22, 2003

And what about a

Code:

 tape status

command (with proper cartridge inserted) ?

edfair · Dec 22, 2003

What kind of system? What kind of tape drive?
I've generally found that SCSI tapes that disappear on my unix machines happen because they fail to identify on the SCSI bus scan. They usually fail on POST bus scan too.

If you have /usr/adm/messages you can see what the last boot found for devices.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

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