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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 1998 22:50:54 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCB and 2940 Problems (with Seagate Python DAT)! 
Message-ID:  <199802140450.WAA14852@nospam.hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: Message from Lars Koeller <Lars.Koeller@post.uni-bielefeld.de>  of "Fri, 13 Feb 1998 07:54:44 %2B0100." <199802130654.AA105632884@pollux.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> 

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Lars Koeller writes:
> In reply to Greg Lehey who wrote:
>  
>  > On Thu, 12 February 1998 at 13:31:55 +0100, Lars Koeller wrote:
> 
>  > > Yesterday they send me a firmware upgrade to 5ACB (before 5.AC). It
>  > > could be downloaded to the DAT with a DOS bootdisk and an Adaptec
>  > > ASPI driver. After the upgrade all problems are gone away. No longer
>  > > a SCB timeout or anything else!
>  > >
>  > > The upgrade can be found on
>  > >
>  > >     ftp://ftp.Uni-Bielefeld.DE/pub/systems/FreeBSD/lkoeller/5acb.exe
>  > >
>  > > It's a self extracting file DOS executable which contains a README,
>  > > the firmware and the download utility for DOS.
>  > 
>  > Which devices does this apply to?
> 
> It seems so that the firmware is valid for all Seagate Python DAT 
> drives, but I'm not totally sure. 
> 
> Mine is recognized as a
> 
>     ARCHIVE Python 28388-XXX 5.AC
> 
> and is a DDS2 DAT drive, but Andrew Heybey <ath@bellcore.com> 
> received the same firmware (same name of the exe-file) for a 
> 
>     ARCHIVE Python 25501-XXX 5.45

Darn it! Seagate is having a version contest with Exabyte! :-)

I have:

(ahc0:4:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28388-XXX 4.CM" type 1 removable SCSI 2
(ahc0:5:0): "ARCHIVE Python 25601-XXX 2.75" type 1 removable SCSI 2
(ahc0:6:0): "ARCHIVE ANCDA 2750 28077 -003" type 1 removable SCSI 2

and I think I have one of the ARCHIVE Python 25501-XXX 5.45's too, but 
its turned off and 12 miles away.

All of the above have been quite reliable. Just what again does this 
new firmware fix? Does Seagate have a firmware site or is this 
something you have to call and beg for?

Am getting a bit skittish as maybe this weekend my narrow devices are 
coming off the Adaptec and going on the Asus SC875 to free the 2940 for 
another system.


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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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