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Date:      Thu, 24 Dec 1998 08:36:10 -0500
From:      "David W. Alderman" <dave@mmrd.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        "krell@krellonline.com" <krell@pcnet.com>, "'freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: SCSI TAPE Drives
Message-ID:  <3682434A.978957F9@mmrd.com>
References:  <01BE2E75.55F73BF0.rlinane@krellonline.com> <19981224122552.F12346@freebie.lemis.com>

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The 1520 is a fairly modest SCSI card.  Could this have something to do with the
problem?

Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Wednesday, 23 December 1998 at 13:08:29 -0500, Richard J. Linane wrote:
> > I am running FreeBSD 2.2.7.
> >
> > I have an Adaptec 1520 SCSI CONTROLLER and  a TANDBURG TDC 3800 SCSI Tape Drive.
> >
> > Both the controller card and the tape drive are sensed and recognized.
> > And the tape is showing that it is write enabled.
> >
> > When I try to list the contents of the tape using the command
> >
> >       tar  t
> > the system appears to hang.
> >
> > A few minutes later I start receiving an error message
> >
> >       /kernel: st0(aic0:2:0): timed out
> >
> > This will continue until I reboot the system.
> >
> > I am unable to kill the process
> >
> >       tar  t
> >
> > The drive and the card are known to be in good working order.
> >
> > I had removed them this morning from a system running  SCO UNIX.
>
> I have one of these drives too, and I've never had any trouble with
> it.  The symptoms look like SCSI chain problems.  What else do you
> have connected?  How is it terminated?
>
> Greg
>

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