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From: bugs@freebsd.netcom.com (Mark Hittinger)
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Subject: Re: bt946C card hangs reading 4mm tape written on Solaris machine (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:24:30 -0500 (CDT)
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> >
> > I wrote a tar file to a 4mm exabyte(?) DAT drive attached to a Solaris
> > machine.  I verified the tape's content.
> >
> > I put the tape into a Connor (Archive Python) DDS-2 4mm drive, and tried
> > to read it.  The BT946C controller hung.  Eventually, I got a SCSI abort
> > message, which timed out to a controller abort command, which never
> > finishes, either.  The only solution is to hit the reset button.
> >
> > Sorry I don't have a better description of the abort messages; they go to
> > the console but never get logged anywhere because the SCSI controller is
> > hung!
> >

Make sure you have scsi disconnect turned on in the BT946c and the tape drive.

Regards,

Mark Hittinger
Netcom/Dallas
bugs@freebsd.netcom.com