From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Mar 28 03:15:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA18144 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 03:15:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from newton.Space.net (root@newton.space.net [194.59.182.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA18137 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 03:15:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from nasim.camelot.de ([194.97.87.2]) by newton.Space.NET with SMTP id <82509-4>; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:15:15 +0100 Received: from lancelot.camelot.de by nasim.camelot.de with smtp (Smail3.1.29.0 #1) id m0u2FfY-000JjxC; Thu, 28 Mar 96 12:15 MET Received: (from news@localhost) by lancelot.camelot.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA24389; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:15:06 +0100 To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org Path: not-for-mail From: knarf@camelot.de (Frank Bartels) Newsgroups: muc.lists.freebsd.scsi Subject: DAT problems Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:15:06 +0100 Organization: Camelot Online Services Lines: 79 Message-ID: <4jdsbq$lqj@lancelot.camelot.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lancelot.camelot.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi all, I have big problems to get a HP DAT drive working under FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE. ncr0 rev 2 int a irq 9 on pci0:1 ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle (ncr0:0:0): "QUANTUM EMPIRE_1080S 1202" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct-Access sd0(ncr0:0:0): FAST SCSI-2 125ns (8 Mb/sec) offset 8. 1029MB (2109376 512 byte sectors) sd0(ncr0:0:0): with 2874 cyls, 8 heads, and an average 91 sectors/track (ncr0:4:0): "TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5301TA 0925" type 5 removable SCSI 2 cd0(ncr0:4:0): CD-ROM cd0(ncr0:4:0): asynchronous. cd present.[186827 x 2048 byte records] (ncr0:6:0): "HP HP35480A 1109" type 1 removable SCSI 2 st0(ncr0:6:0): Sequential-Access st0(ncr0:6:0): 200ns (5 Mb/sec) offset 8. density code 0x13, variable blocks, write-enabled Using amanda's amrestore, I can produce the following error: st0(ncr0:6:0): COMMAND FAILED (4 88) @f08ea400. st0(ncr0:6:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR asc:9,0 Track following error After that the machine sometimes crashes a couple of minutes later. The tape seems to wind forward and then backward and then panics. I tried another tape in another SP3G with NCR. (ncr0:4:0): "HP HP35470A 9 09" type 1 removable SCSI 2 Same error. :/ So I bought a new machine: ahc0 rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:9 ahc0: aic7870 Ultra Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, aic7870, 255 SCBs ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle (ahc0:0:0): "IBM DSAS-3720 S47W" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 696MB (1427328 512 byte sectors) (ahc0:6:0): "HP HP35480A 1109" type 1 removable SCSI 2 st0(ahc0:6:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty And this is the output from a `tar tv': ahc0: target 6, lun 0 (st0) timed out st0(ahc0:6:0): BUS DEVICE RESET message queued. ahc0: target 6, lun 0 (st0) timed out st0(ahc0:6:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 st0(ahc0:6:0): Not ready to ready transition, medium may have changed ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset #1. 1 SCBs aborted ahc0: target 6, lun 0 (st0) timed out st0(ahc0:6:0): BUS DEVICE RESET message queued. st0(ahc0:6:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR asc:9,0 Track following error sd0(ahc0:0:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:29,0 sd0(ahc0:0:0): Power on, reset, or bus device reset occurred, retries:4 ahc0: target 6, lun 0 (st0) timed out st0(ahc0:6:0): BUS DEVICE RESET message queued. ahc0: target 6, lun 0 (st0) timed out st0(ahc0:6:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 st0(ahc0:6:0): Not ready to ready transition, medium may have changed ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset #1. 1 SCBs aborted st0(ahc0:6:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:29,0 st0(ahc0:6:0): Power on, reset, or bus device reset occurred st0(ahc0:6:0): Deferred Error: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:9,0 Track following error field replaceable unit: 1 I don't know which machine/scsi-controller/tape-drive/tape combination I did not try, but I really would like to continue my backups. I really have no idea where the problem really is. Hardware? Software? Please help! Bye, Knarf -- Frank Bartels |UUCP/ZModem/Fax: + 49 89 5469593| "Captain, why not just knarf@camelot.de | http://www.camelot.de/~knarf/ | give the Borg Windows?"