Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:47:37 -0500 (CDT) From: mikebo@tellabs.com (Mike Borowiec) To: gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com (Justin T. Gibbs) Cc: moto@cs.cmu.edu, deischen@iworks.interworks.org, gibbs@freebsd.org, mikebo@tellabs.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 2.xR: AIC7xxx driver vs. st() driver vs. tape drives Message-ID: <m0sOnXg-000jCFC@tellab5.lisle.tellabs.com> In-Reply-To: <199506212212.PAA10122@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Jun 21, 95 03:12:08 pm
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Justin wrote: > >>> Another problem I'm having (under 2.0R) since installing the > >>> AHA2742AT card: Whenever I try to access the Exabyte 8200 8mm drive > >>> (even to do a "mt -f /dev/st1 rewind") I get a timeout message on > >>> the root disk drive, the drive select light stays lit and the > >>> entire system hangs. > >>> > >>> ahc0: target 0, lun 0 (sd0) timed out Abort unsupported! ahc0: > >>> target 0, lun 0 (sd0) timed out Abort unsupported! > > > >You're not alone! I'm seeing this, too. This problem seems to be > >related to my problem I posted to hackers@freebsd.org today. Justin > >will kindly examine this problem when he gets a new EXABYTE from an > >RMA department. > > Are you not running 2.0.5R? Aborts are supported in the later revs > of the aic7xxx driver. > Argh! I got the error while attempting to make an 8mm 2.0.5R load tape! I can't write to my Archive Viper QIC150 because of the st0(ahc1:2:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST st0: Cannot set selected mode st0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0 problem, so as a last resort I was trying to use my Exabyte... so you see, I'm in a catch 22 (short of loading from floppy disk!). - Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Borowiec Network Operations Tellabs Operations, Inc. mikebo@TELLABS.COM 1000 Remington Blvd. MS109 708-378-6007 FAX: 708-378-6714 Bolingbrook, IL, USA 60440 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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