Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:54:23 +0100 From: "Lars Köller" <lkoeller@cc.FH-Lippe.DE> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCB and 2940 Problems (with Seagate Python DAT)! Message-ID: <34E569CE.E40C1307@cc.FH-Lippe.DE> References: <199802140450.WAA14852@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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David Kelly wrote: > > 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? This firmware fixes the problem of SCB (SCSI Command Buffer, Tagged Command Queueing Mode) timeout when doing a backup with dump or tar. I receive this Upgrade from Seagate after mailing the problem to tapesupport@seagate.com (hope I remember right). > 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. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net > ===================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message -- E-Mail: | Lars Koeller Lars.Koeller@Uni-Bielefeld.DE | UNIX Sysadmin lkoeller@cc.FH-Lippe.DE (private) | Computing Center PGP-key: | University of Bielefeld http://www.nic.surfnet.nl/pgp/pks-toplev.html | Germany ---------- FreeBSD, what else? ------- http://www.freebsd.org ---------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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