Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:06:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Daniel Duerr <daniel@greyzone.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, brandon@greyzone.com Subject: Re: Problems with Adaptec 2940UW & Travan Drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904091605150.28562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990408202026.00aee3d0@mail.greyzone.com>
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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Daniel Duerr wrote: > I cannot, for the life of me, get a 2940UW (PCI) to work with my > Wangtek/Tecmar SCSI TR-4 Travan Tape Drive. > > Every time I boot I get the following error messages: > > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 1 > int a irq 12 on pci0:17:0 > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: (ahc0:6:0): "TECMAR TRAVAN NS8 P611" type 1 > remova > ble SCSI 2 > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: st0(ahc0:6:0): Sequential-Access density code > 0x45 > , > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: st0(ahc0:6:0): Target Busy > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: st0(ahc0:6:0): Target Busy > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: st0(ahc0:6:0): Target Busy > Mar 31 17:06:00 www1 /kernel: drive empty > > Every time I try to access the drive I get: > > www1# tar t > st0: not ready > tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Device busy > > and /var/log/messages says: > > Apr 1 20:53:52 www1 /kernel: st0(ahc0:6:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Medium not > prese > nt > > There *IS* perfectly functional media present in the drive. In fact, this > same drive used to work with FreeBSD 2.2.5 and a Adaptec "aic" 1520 adaptor. Hm, smells like bad termination or a drive that hates wide negotioation. Turn off wide nego. in the Adaptec BIOS for the tape drive. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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