From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 26 07:52:51 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id HAA15866 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 07:52:51 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.atinc.com [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA15859 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 07:52:46 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id KAA02176; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 10:48:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 10:48:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: FBSD 2.xR: AIC7xxx driver vs. st() driver vs. tape drives To: Michael Smith cc: sheeme@corpcomm.net, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199506261431.AAA16116@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Michael Smith wrote: > The two errors here are _very_ different. The first is nasty, the > second is the 'media changed' "error". > > > afterward a 'mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind' is enough to kick the > > drive/driver so i can use it. strange. > > No, normal. Admittedly, the driver could be made smarter about it, but > that would break other things. In reality, it's a flaw in the SCSI > spec, and has probably been addressed in later versions. i dont follow you, could you explain this somewhat more fully. i am getting up to speed on scsi now...just read a fujitsi product guide and i NEED to get a copy of the spec. Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346