Reposting because new thread.

>>43228102 (You)
>>43228141
>>43228339 (You)
I switched cables back to the previous one. Cleaned the ends as best I could. I didn't clean the inside of the ports as the connectors are way back there. I tried re-reading the same tape from the other day and got I/O errors again, at exactly the same place. That would be very suspicious if the problem were the card, the cable, or even the drive. If it's failing at the same place it would suggest something's up with the tape, though the drive does not report any errors with it.

Although perhaps, if there was an issue with the card or cable during writing at this spot? But then would Linux report it as an I/O error? It seems odd. I think I will have to write a second tape and see if the same thing happens. Maybe I'll also try writing the files that it's failing at to another tape and seeing if somehow the contents have something to do with it. But I really doubt that.

>>43229456
It's going to take a while to get used to the new image.

I used Ponybooru as an alt for years and barely noticed much beyond the site functioning less and getting weirder.
With is demise and essentially 'Nigel Farage' reveal of being the same as the other shitheaps, where shall I go?
Who's the freedom of speech and art bastion who will stand by anything within accepted legal limits, including the fantasy foal stuff etc out of pure principle?

>>43229598
>accepted legal limits
>including the fantasy foal stuff etc out of pure principle?
Ponybooru, after all only something that's illegal got deleted

>>43229477
Another question I have: What's the deal with fiber channel and SFP? I'm trying to find a new cable to buy and I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what the compatibility is between fiber channel and SFP. The cables I bought previously were explicitly advertised as for fiber channel. But will any SFP direct attach cable work? What rating do they need to have? Most are sold with base 10 speed ratings, whereas my fiber channel card is indicated to have a 16gb connection?

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>>43229598
Currently, you have two choices: Twibooru for a pure pony archive, Ponerpics for a more community-focused experience with less strict rules about pony-relatedness.

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>>43229477
>I've got all these tapes to write
>Now is the time that I start getting errors

>>43230168
Oh boy. This will take a while, I reckon.

>>43229598
That's gonna be Ponerpics. Twib is a mess of aislop and fucked up tags.

>>43230364
doesn't poner import all the ai stuff from twi?

>>43230610
Yes. With the exception of mp4s.

>>43229860
>>43229477
You may want to move your discussion to /pts/, it's veering into way off-topic territory. This thread is not meant for tech support.

>>43230610
Yeah, that guy is just another mindbroken retard.

I need to get back to backing up all Catbox files linked on /mlp/... but it's getting more difficult now that Catbox is constantly shitting the bed. Unfortunately, I don't have the disk space required to back it all up right now, I'd need to hook up a different system first. And also first update my vibe coded (because I'm a codelet) script to account for every transmission error that now undoubtedly will pop up.

Anyone else already have an operation to back up Catbox links from /mlp/ underway before it will inevitably shut down?

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>>43229860
That's a whole fucking can of worms. I've only used up to 8Gbps fiber channel. You can use a regular 10Gbps Ethernet SFP in place of an 8Gbps fiber channel SFP, at both ends. I do not know what the situation is for 16Gbps. However, if I recall correctly, SFP DAC cables are not "smart" in any way. They literally just directly connect some pins of the SFPs at both ends. I doubt the cable is your issue in this case though.

Why is Twibooru's featured image an image with the text "God loves you"? Aren't the owners of that site fags? That message does not apply to you.

>>43231335
Anon... literally the entire point of Twibooru is "letting people post things the owners don't agree with"

>>43231080
I suspected it was a simple cable, but even there you can have different specs like cat 5, 6, etc for ethernet.

I doubt it's the cable as well, I think it's the card. I've had similar issues with SAS HBAs in the past. I've purchased a new one and it's on the way, but I do find it suspicious that it failed in the same place twice. So while that's on the way I'm going to write another tape see if that exhibits the same problems. Another thing I've read is that I should check dmesg for more info. I'll do that when/if I get another failure.

>>43230739
There wasn't much else going on in the thread when I started posting about it. I probably won't have too many further posts. I'm hoping I'm near the end of setting this up.

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>>43230614
Poner imports MP4s as WebMs because Philomena is quarter-baked garbage that still hasn't added MP4 support. Even fucking Yotsuba managed that.

>>43231840
MP4s have legal problems.

>>43231848
>what is the DMCA
this is why you don't rely on spineless cucks for your software.

>>43231335
this is to rechristianize the booru and damn that's working!

Up.

>>43231514
Well, I have written another tape and read the whole thing back without any error. This really makes me think that it was the other tape that was the problem.

However, this does raise it's own questions. The tape drive did not report a tape error. From what I read, the tape head is supposed to verify data as it writes it. If the other tape was written without any reported error but there was error in reading it back, that really brings that verification into question. I think at this point I can start actually making my tapes I should just read them back first before calling them done. At least for the first few, as this brings the time to complete a tape to 14 hours from 7.

Other notes: I do wonder if something went wrong with the other tape. When it arrived, the case was cracked even though the shrink wrap was still intact (I ordered a few singles from a couple different sellers before I made a big order from one of them). So perhaps it sustained some internal damage in shipping, even though it seemed to start out fine. That particular tape does sound nosier now and it fails at the same place every time. I will also note that this other tape I just wrote is a metal particle chemistry rather than the BaFe all the others are. So hopefully the drive doesn't have an aversion to BaFe. But I don't think so.

I'm also happy to report that drive temps are still looking good. I had the fan down at a level it was still decent to be in the room with (about 2/3 speed) and temperature is still good even after 14 hours of continuous operation. 39C.

Probably not too many more posts on this unless something else happens or more problems arise. I plan on making a printout of all my scripts to store on paper with the tapes (I'm only using tools that come included with most Linux distros). I may post that when I get it together.

>>43232302
Shrug, whatever you say. I just think open formats should be encouraged at all times, no matter if you're personally affected by the law enforcing them or not.