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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!194.87.0.28!demos!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsm.ibm.net!ibm.net!newsfeed.de.ibm.net!ibm.net!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!cmir.arnes.si!kanja.arnes.si!eunet.si!blaz From: blaz@amis.net (Blaz Zupan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Problems with WangDAT 3200 Date: 8 Jul 1997 14:28:01 GMT Organization: AMIS.NET Lines: 26 Message-ID: <slrn5s4ko0.aro.blaz@server.amis.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: server.amis.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.0 UNIX) Cache-Post-Path: server.amis.net!blaz@server.amis.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44109 I have a 2.2.2-RELEASE machine with an Adaptec 2940UW and a WangDAT 3200 (SCSI ID 1) connected to it. When I try to write something to the DAT (dump or tar), after some time I get the following error message in the log: st0(ahc0:1:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:1 asc:15,1 Mechanical positioning error The only command I can successfully execute is "mt rewind", which returns almost immediately. I have tried two different DAT tapes (both were brand new) and both didn't work. I don't have a tape with some data on it so I can't check if I'm able to read anything, but judging from the above message and considering Murphy's law, everything is possible. I was told this same DAT was working just fine in a Win95 machine, so I guess it is not really "HARDWARE FAILURE" that's causing my problems. If anybody has seen something like this and maybe even knows how to fix it I would really much appreciate it. I'm really worried about not having backups :( -- Blaz Zupan, blaz@amis.net, http://www.amis.net/staff/blaz Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia