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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!sleipnir.iaccess.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!EU.net!sun4nl!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: 2.1.5R and EXB-8200 hangs on write Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <E73IFB.s5@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <E71Mxr.8sE@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:40:23 GMT Lines: 39 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37152 scott@zorch.sf-bay.org (Scott Hazen Mueller) writes: >Gah. >Anyway, I know 2.1.5R is somewhat old, I'm waiting for 2.2.1R... :-) >Mar 13 23:33:22 zorch /kernel: (aic0:4:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 263H" type 1 removable SCSI 1 >It's living on its own controller (Adaptec 1522A) with nothing else on that >bus. The system disk is on an Adaptec 2940. I read a 127MB file off of a >tape just fine. When I try to write (just using tar, nothing fancy) it runs >for a while and then the system hangs up hard. If I'm in X at the time, the >pointer won't move; if I'm at a text console, I can switch vtys but can't >actually do anything. >I've got termination on the 1522A and the EXB and the cable is known good. >I checked the archives at www.freebsd.org and saw some similar problems, but >wouldn't you know, the answers are not in the archives... (Consider that a >minor gripe about the archives). >I've found the firmware on www.exabyte.com, but not having a PROM burner I'm >not enthusiastic about trying that... >Help? Not much other than that Mar 7 23:53:11 yedi /kernel: (ncr1:4:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 2687" type 1 has worked for me since FreeBSD2.0. I've had it hanging from a AH1542A, a AH1740 and now it is on an NCR810. Wilko -- Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda