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From: tundra@MCS.COM (Tim Daneliuk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: DAT Hell
Date: 15 Jun 1996 20:04:50 -0500
Organization: TundraWare
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Message-ID: <4pvmjj$flb@Mercury.mcs.com>
Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.mcs.com
Keywords: Backup DAT Tape Hell
Here's a fun one:
Adaptec 1542CP Controller
Sony SDT-5000 2/4G DAT Drive
The Sony replaces an old and venerable Archive 150MB QIC unit which
always worked fine.
The DAT 'seems to work fine EXCEPT if I issue a command like 'mt erase'.
The system runs for a while (apparently erasing the tape) and then
locks the SCSI subsystem up. It scribbles the following all over the
console:
sd0(aha0:4:0): timed out // This is the DAT Drive
sd0(aha0:0:0): timed out // This is a Micropolis 3243-19MZ Q4D 4G Drive
adapter not taking commands.. frozen?!
Debugger("aha1542") called
Any driver geniuses out there have some theories???
Cheers,
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