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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.n2.net!not-for-mail From: dsmith@n2.net (Dave Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems with Exabyte-2501 Date: 31 Dec 1995 07:36:52 GMT Organization: N2 Networking Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4c5eil$q50@news.n2.net> References: <4bv5si$27v@ultra.sonic.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ravel.n2.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950520BETA PL0] William F. Palmer (wpalmer@buffalo.sonic.net) wrote: : Is there anyone out there that has successfully used an Exabyte-2501 on : FreeBSD 2.0.5 or 2.1.0 ? I can't get mine to work at all. : Thanks from wpalmer@sonic.net I have trouble using an Exabyte 8200 with the FreeBSD SCSI drivers. I have tried them using two different Exabyte drives on Adaptec 2940 (PCI), Adpatec 1740A (EISA), Adaptec 1542B (ISA), BusLogic 747s (EISA). When using tar to backup large amounts of data (>1Gb) I often get media errors. Many times everything will work OK, but every now and then I have problems. Media errors are errors that are common with tape drives and most drivers will back up and re-write the data several times. Old 9-tracks tape drivers would eventually backup and erase over tape media flaws and then re-write the data block. These same drives work fine using the same tapes when they are hooked up to a Sun 3/60. --------------------------------- Dave Smith dsmith@n2.net ---------------------------------