From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Jan 3 16:22:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA24131 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 16:22:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de [141.76.1.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA24116 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 16:22:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with ESMTP id BAA27687 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 01:22:14 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id BAA24809 for scsi@freebsd.org; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 01:22:14 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.4/8.6.9) id BAA17279; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 01:02:05 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 01:02:05 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200 References: <199701032223.XAA02167@yedi.iaf.nl> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL10 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199701032223.XAA02167@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Jan 3, 1997 23:23:32 +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Wilko Bulte wrote: > > 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). I'm not sure, but i rather suspect the firmware. Unfortunately, that drive doesn't have an EEPROM but a PLCC-48 (E)PROM. The symptoms are that it tries to rewind the tape (as it sounds), but the tape doesn't really move, so it never hits the BOT marker. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)