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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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