Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:40:42 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard doesn't like tape drive Message-ID: <199702182310.JAA07385@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970218174933.291C-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Feb 18, 97 05:56:39 pm"
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John Fieber stands accused of saying: > On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > > Do you have "FAILSAFE" in your kernel config? > > Nope. Should I? No; the ncr driver behaves more conservatively when it's defined, I thought that might be a problem. > The one tunable parameter on the archive viper is the buffer > disconnect size. It is currently at 16K (factory default), but > can be adjusted between 2K and 32K. Could that be a factor here? Indeed. Is that the high-water or low-water mark for disconnect? Try fiddling it and see 8) > -john -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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