Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:58:48 -0500 From: Tom Jackson <toj@gorilla.net> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DAT drive crashes FreeBSD Message-ID: <19970621205848.14546@peeper.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970612155607.177A-100000@ice.cold.org>; from Brandon Gillespie on Thu, Jun 12, 1997 at 03:59:22PM -0600 References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970612155607.177A-100000@ice.cold.org>
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On Thu, Jun 12, 1997 at 03:59:22PM -0600, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > I have a WangDAT drive that, when I use it, crashes FreeBSD. My Hardware > is: > > Adaptech 2940UW SCSI Controller > WangDAT drive configured with no hardware compression, as SCSI-2, > no hardware buffering, parity is enabled. > > If I tar to it, it generally crashes, although when I was just testing it > it gave the following error instead (other tries caused it to crash tho): > > st0(ahc0:6:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:7a800 asc:c,0 Write error > > ''Just in case'' I changed the tape, but it made no difference. When it > crashes the kernel does a frame/page dump to the screen and then waits 15 > seconds. I can't really get all of the info, but the message it prints is > something like: > > Timed out while idle, LASTPHASE=.... > > Help? Is my DAT drive dead? Anybody know where I can get it repaired at? > > -Brandon > I've no experience with dats but have you read the handbook on backups? It mentions something about doing a `mt fsf 1' on a new tape. Not sure ;/ Tom
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