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Date:      Mon, 26 May 1997 14:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: kern/3671:SCSItape drive with AHA2940 locksup system.
Message-ID:  <199705262140.OAA12746@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/3671; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
To: Helbig@BA-Stuttgart.DE
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/3671:SCSItape drive with AHA2940 locksup system.
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 14:33:37 -0700 (PDT)

 Thanks for the suggestions.  This didn't help.  Nor did a block size of
 512 bytes.  It appears that this problem might be related to EOT handling.
 It takes quite a while for the system to lock up, enough time for the
 tape to have been written.
 
 Mark
 
 >From: Helbig@BA-Stuttgart.DE
 >
 >Here are some more facts, that might help to fix the bug.
 >
 >A workaround consisted of setting   
 >"Initiating Sync Negotiation"
 >to "NO" on all SCSI-ID w/o devices and setting
 >"Enable Disc Connection"
 >to "YES" on all SCSI-IDs w/o devices in the Adaptec BIOS.
 >Menu "Additinal Options", Submenu "SCSI Device Configuration".
 >
 >After this, the installation worked like a charm.



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