Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:38:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> Cc: <scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tape testers wanted for freebsd-current Message-ID: <20010830093847.X85192-100000@wonky.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <3B8D6870.4010804@yahoo.com>
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Thanks- glad it worked for you! On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Jim Bryant wrote: > Tested and seems to work fine on a HP C1533 DDS-2 drive. > > A mysterious filesystem corruption of /var happened the day after I did a two-tape dump, and the fixed tape driver was a godsend! > > I would have reported back last night, but some moron driving a backhoe dealt a 22-hour fatal blow to Time Warner/Roadrunner > locally, and it all was restored about half an hour ago... > > Thanks Matt! > > Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > 'ullo? anyone 'ome? > > > > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > > >>I've made some changes which cleared up problems with EOM handling and > >>correctly doing things with QIC. I hope. I have done a lot of testing, but > >>this is an area which, sad to say, can take a lot to get right and it's easy > >>to miss things. > >> > >>I've done several passes of my tape pattern tester for: > >> > >>TANDBERG SLR5 4/8GB > >>ARCHIVE Python 29279-XXX > >>DEC TLZ09 > >>EXABYTE 8500S > >>EXABYTE 8505XL > >>HP DDS3 4mm > >>DEC DLT4000 > >>QIC-150 > >> > >>and I did spanned tape backups and restores and compares for the TANDBERG and > >>the ARCHIVE. I also did a couple of runs using an eot model of 1 even for > >>variable drives like the DDS3 4mm. > >> > >>In the process of all this testing I killed my DLT4000, killed one Exabyte > >>8505 and had to buy on EBay a couple of more drives. I think at this point I'd > >>like some of the actual users of tape stuff in FreeBSD to help out and see if > >>things work for them or not. > >> > >>If you all would be so kind- could you fetch > >> > >> http://people.freebsd.org/~mjacob/scsi_sa.c > >> > >>and give it a shot? I'll be away until next wednesday (I have to go to > >>Minneapolis on a business trip)- and can't easily check email while I'm away- > >>but I really would like feedback- thanks! > >> > >>-matt > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > > > > > > > -- > ET has one helluva sense of humor! > He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos! > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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