Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 18:42:22 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Steven Ames <steve@news.cioe.com> Cc: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI/Tape problem? Message-ID: <19980110184222.53552@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199801100432.XAA23764@news.cioe.com>; from Steven Ames on Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 11:32:47PM -0500 References: <199801100432.XAA23764@news.cioe.com>
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On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 11:32:47PM -0500, Steven Ames wrote: >>> Hrm... I was unclear. The 'mt erase' is obviously only a >>> symptom. The backup process still causes my machine to lockup... >> >> OK, that is obviously wrong. My 2.2.5R box performs dumps just fine on the >> 8200, as said without doing an mt erase. I do not use Amanda though > > Correct. I do not _have_ to do the 'mt erase'. In fact I never do. > However... 'mt erase' does not work... and my backup locks up. These > are seperate but related issues. Bottom line is _it don't work_. > > I have tried just about every termination I can think to try. Different > cables, different controller (still a 2940) and a different > tape drive. It still doesn't work. So something is wrong. Options > anyone? What else do you have connected to the string? If there's something else, and you obviously have access to a second controller, try using both controllers, with only the tape connected to the one controller. If that doesn't work, consider your drive options. This was an Exabyte 8505, wasn't it? Exabytes used to have millions of drive options, so much that hardly two drives were the same. Maybe the drive does something that the driver doesn't understand. Greg
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