From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 10:51:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA25248 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:51:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA25222 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:51:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA00408; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:50:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:50:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: jack cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape woes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, jack wrote: > On a 2.2.1-RELEASE system with a > > (aha0:4:0): "CONNER CTMS 3200 7.10" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > st0(aha0:4:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty > > attempts to dump to a 2 gig native tape blows up with `DUMP: End of tape > detected' at about 200 - 300 meg into the job. Then the > > st0(aha0:4:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:20800 asc:80,85 Vendor Specific ASC > st0(aha0:4:0): HARDWARE FAILURE asc:80,85 Vendor Specific ASC > st0(aha0:4:0): HARDWARE FAILURE asc:80,9c Vendor Specific ASC > > messages begin to rain down. Hm, we have a v7.00 of that drive and have never seen that. We'd have to get the progammer's guide to check those reponse codes. That thing backs up about that much without complaints. You're using QIC-3080 tapes, right? > I can take the same tape, stick it in a 2.2.5-RELEASE box with a > > (ahc0:4:0): "CONNER CTT8000-S 1.17" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > st0(ahc0:4:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x45, drive empty > > and dump 1.6GB to it. > > I've tried using the `a' and `B 2000000' options to dump with no avail. > Even after writing the tape on the second machine, which I assume would > remove any bogus EOM marks, the results are the same. Check termination on the first box. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major