From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 15:52:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00F2A16A4CE for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:52:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vineyard.net (k1.vineyard.net [204.17.195.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C690743D2F for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:52:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ericx_lists@vineyard.net) Received: from localhost (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by vineyard.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8C7391644; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:49:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vineyard.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (king1.vineyard.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 72128-01-95; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:49:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vineyard.net (cheesenip.vineyard.net [204.17.195.113]) by vineyard.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B33499163E; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:49:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <411105A7.9060902@vineyard.net> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:49:59 -0400 From: "Eric W. Bates" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: up@3.am References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS-king1 at Vineyard.NET cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI errors with Adaptec 2200S RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:52:21 -0000 I can't address the cause of the problem; but I have had good luck using camcontrol reset when my tape device wedges. This is less disruptive than a reboot. Use: camcontrol devlist -v To get a list of your busses and such if you can't remember the ID of the drive in question (I'm too lazy to walk over to the rack...). up@3.am wrote: > Please cc replies directly to me, as I am not subscribed to the lists. > > With some help from here, I was able to get this RAID card to see our > external DLT (QUANTUM 4000) SCSI tape drive by installing the aacp (pass > through) driver in addition to the aac driver. camcontrol now works, as > do basic mt commands and amcheck (amanda check). > > However, (amanda) dumps either hang, fail completely or fail after > transfering very little data. On the console, I see: > > (sa0:aacp1:0:4:0): READ(06). CDB8 0 0 0 20 0 0 > (sa0:aacp1:0:4:0): NO SENSE ILI (length mismatch): -24576 csi:0,0,0,1 > > At this point the device is completely unresponsive, and the only way to > get the system to see it again is to reboot the whole server. I tried > ordering a 3 ft cable, thinking I was pushing my luck with the 6 ft (I've > had this problem with SCSI cables in the past), but the problem persists. > > The same drive (which has an active terminator) has been working fine for > years on a different box using an Intel L440GX+ MB's on-board SCSI port. > > Once again, any helpful replies are greatly appreciated! > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor > up@3.am http://3.am > ========================================================================= > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"