Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 23:23:32 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: scsi@freebsd.org, peter@taronga.com Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200 Message-ID: <199701032223.XAA02167@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970103204907.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 3, 97 08:49:07 pm
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As J Wunsch wrote... > As Peter da Silva wrote: > > > FreeBSD doesn't like Exabyte 8200s at all. I've tried with a 1540B, a 1742, > > and a 2940. And no matter what controller I use it's really flakey and > > unreliable. > > I don't love the Exabytes anyway (still having one 8505 drive there > that doesn't want to spit out the cassette anymore, grrr). Don't throw it away. Will keep an eye open for another mechanism (assuming it is a mechanic problem). > Surprisingly enough, the 8200 that's sitting somewhere on a shelf > works fairly flawlessly, except that it also sometimes believes it > were better to keep the cassette swallowed. Maybe it's firmware Mine did that once to a cleaning cartridge. > dependant? I think Exabyte has a reputation of a patch-of-the-week > firmware. (Sorry, our 8200 is at work, so i can't get at the firmware > rev right now.) Exabyte is indeed patch of the day firmware. Look at their BBS or Web site for the complete horror stories :-( But keep in mind they try to satisfy a lot of different OEM customers, that really confuses things. And the newer drives seem to be much better, the 8200 is really the one with the biggest # of firmware revs. Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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