From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon May 26 14:40:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA12778 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 26 May 1997 14:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA12746; Mon, 26 May 1997 14:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 14:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705262140.OAA12746@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Mark Diekhans Subject: Re: kern/3671:SCSItape drive with AHA2940 locksup system. Reply-To: Mark Diekhans Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR kern/3671; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mark Diekhans 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.