Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:46:18 -0500 From: Richard J Kuhns <rjk@sparcmill.grauel.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Archive Anaconda Tape drive 1.35GB && Adaptec 1542CF Message-ID: <199604012146.QAA05705@sparcmill.grauel.com> In-Reply-To: <199603290128.RAA25534@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199603282102.QAA14902@sparcmill.grauel.com> <199603290128.RAA25534@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Jonathan M. Bresler writes: > Richard J Kuhns wrote: > > > > Well, based on Jonathan Bresler's report on the Anaconda at the beginning > > of this month, I decided to try one. > > guess that i should respond here ;) Much appreciated. > > do you have "SCSI_DELAY=15" in your kernel? > Actually, I changed it to 10, but it's my understanding that SCSI_DELAY only affects the boot process. > > Any brilliant suggestions? Fair warning, tho: if I get this tape drive > > working under the 1542, I'm liable to try it with a Buslogic 946 C next > > :-). > > arghhhhhhh..... > Now, now, take a deep breath ;-). > > (aha0:6:0): "ARCHIVE ANCDA 2750 28077 -003" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > > same string as mine. this is good! > > regarding the timeouts, this is a problme for my ncr card during > rewind, not while reading or writing the tape. > > i just tested the drive with a scsi drive on the same controller > no problems here. nearly all of my testing and use has been > with the drives on one ncr810 and the tape on the other ncr810 > (the tape shares a scsi chain wiht the cdrom and the /usr/obj > /usr/src partitions that i can recreate from cvs so i dont > back them up general) > Good news! I just applied the most recent patches (ctm, 0064), rebuilt the kernel, and tried again -- it seems to work just fine. I just dumped a total of about 400MB on 3 filesystems, with nary a hiccup. restore claims everything looks ok, too. Justin, you do good work; many thanks. -- Rich Kuhns rjk@grauel.com PO Box 6249 100 Sawmill Road Lafayette, IN 47903 (317)477-6000 x319
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199604012146.QAA05705>