Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 22:05:11 +0200 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/11945: tape problems on -stable, mt bl(ocksize), mt erase and hanging SCSI bus Message-ID: <19990719220510.B8024@saturn.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907190025030.28658-100000@semuta.feral.com>; from Matthew Jacob on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 12:26:32AM -0700 References: <19990717040530.A35804@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907190025030.28658-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 12:26:32AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > What did you do prior to running the erase? Nothing if i remember right, just loaded the tape. (and waited until the tape drive did its new-tape checks.) > It's possible that another > tape command didn't free a ccb. Well if i remember right this was the first tape command after reboot... > It's also possible that this is just > taking a "forever" time because the tape unit died doing the erase- the > timeout is 4 hours. Hmm. this never happened to me before, also the tape didn't move at all and the LED was still off, as if no command got sent at all... (both at the erase and retension hangs.) Regards, -- Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de> (remove dot foo from address to reply) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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