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Date:      Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:36:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        scottm@cs.ucla.edu
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sony SDT-5000 tape drive (again)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002291735040.83687-100000@beppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <38BC5B4B.108DEB35@aero.org>

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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Scott Michel wrote:

> Perhaps it's just the way I ask questions or possibly I'm not
> supplying the correct information.
> 
> I recently purchased a SDT-5000 and attempted to use it with
> FreeBSD 3.4. For some reason or another, when using flexbackup,
> the SCSI tape driver appears to lose its concept of sesssion,
> and the messages about the tape being frozen appear.

This means that the tape driver has lost a notion of where it is.

> 
> What would be useful information to help diagnose this problem,
> in addition to my kernel config, the output from 'boot -v' when
> using the tape? How should I go about diagnosing the problem,
> given I'm not a SCSI guru?

How about sending me the /var/log/messages from the freeze session?

> 
> Suggestions gratefully accepted, even if they include "Go jump
> off a tall building."

Hmm. Not without a parasail....



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