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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Strange tape problem
Date: 3 Jul 1997 06:18:06 GMT
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"Eugene Radchenko" <genie@qsar.chem.msu.su> wrote:

> Jun 28 04:31:45 org /kernel: ahc0: target 3, lun 0 (st0) timed out
> Jun 28 04:31:45 org /kernel: st0(ahc0:3:0): BUS DEVICE RESET message
> queued.

> What does it mean? Something falling (drive/controller/tape)? Or is it high
> time to switch to 2.2.2?

Can be both.  I'd start with upgrading to 2.2.2 first, a number of
bugs in the ahc driver have been fixed.

Note that this can also be a sign of bad SCSI bus behaviour (like
mistermination or overly long cables).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)