Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:39:59 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange SCSI QIC tape behaviour Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9903120837550.216-100000@feral-gw> In-Reply-To: <199903121057.UAA24445@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au>
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> So, I removed the tape, and inserted it again. Same write failures. > > Then I set the blocksize back to variable. Wrote /kernel on to it with dd > and it succeeded, but wrote very slowly (38KB/s). So, I rewound it, set it > back to 1024 byte block size, and it worked like there had never been any > problem at all! > > So, is this the most bizarre drive on Earth, or perhaps are there bugs in > the SCSI tape driver that need addressing? At the very least, the fixed > block size for QIC tapes should be 1024 not 512 for densities above QIC-320. Yes, that's a bug for me to address. Where is this piece of information from? > > Tandberg has a nice SCSI manual for their drive (though it's hard to find > on their web site). Thus, I am armed with raw data, but no understanding > of the current code. > -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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