From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 7 02:11:20 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA12189 for current-outgoing; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 02:11:20 -0800 Received: from Sysiphos (Sysiphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id CAA12178 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 02:11:03 -0800 Received: by Sysiphos id AA10172 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for current@freebsd.org); Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:08:09 +0100 Message-Id: <199511071008.AA10172@Sysiphos> From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:08:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: Heikki Suonsivu "Tape drive problems..." (Nov 7, 6:21) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 alpha(2) 7/9/95) To: Heikki Suonsivu Subject: Re: Tape drive problems... Cc: current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Nov 7, 6:21, Heikki Suonsivu wrote: } Subject: Tape drive problems... } } Anyone with an interpretation of these? } } Nov 7 04:55:26 katiska /kernel: st4(ncr0:4:0): COMMAND FAILED (4 88) @f13ec200. The (4 88) means that the command appears to have completed with a status of 88, which is invalid ... } Nov 6 07:49:03 katiska /kernel: (ncr0:4:0): "HP C1533A 9503" type 1 removable S } CSI 2 } Nov 6 07:49:03 katiska /kernel: st4(ncr0:4:0): Sequential-Access } Nov 6 07:49:03 katiska /kernel: st4(ncr0:4:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) of } fset 8. } Nov 6 07:49:03 katiska /kernel: density code 0x24, variable blocks, write-enabl } ed I'm using one, and never saw such a message. Since I rebuild my kernel every night and use the DAT quite often, I should have noticed, if something was wrong ... Could you offer more details: Did it ever work before ? Can you try with a different SCSI controller ? Please send verbose bootmessages (i.e. the output of '/sbin/dmesg' after booting with the otpion "-v" entered at the "Boot: " prompt. Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se