From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 9 00:40:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6FE106567A for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2011 00:40:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from william@skybluecircles.com) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE3D8FC2E for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2011 00:40:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1903209FD; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:25:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.211]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:25:32 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:cc:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:in-reply-to:references:subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=/q65JROJiXx5qKb17SAfbZPxcrY=; b=PCkFG76zxW7e1jdfWFcInztvB4fuq2Y4EjLz+4dwB440w4TtCZUzjNckb0PGMCLMfhfCGru53TNIm8QfqhRFyB2tJDd46g0i8SXAMu+2Ap1eCM7Ue9v0xQL4mM09iebK3ntfAH6PAzAwz2N26ZgdkxOSMBvucA62u7kQCJ4EuQY= Received: by web1.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 920DB3DCD52; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:25:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1310171132.14237.2149790385@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: w2xnP40LeBcIQqnuWbaLpRsrfTcJioiSdw4Bb/SVWH4O 1310171132 From: "William Stevenson" To: "Scott Ballantyne" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface In-Reply-To: <20110708152135.74807.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> References: <20110708152135.74807.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:25:32 -0400 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EXABYTE 8200 on FreeBSD 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:40:34 -0000 On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:21 +0000, "Scott Ballantyne" wrote: > I know this is ancient technology, but we have a pile of exabyte tapes > made on an 8200 and would like to recover some of the data on them. > > We have an old 5.3 machine which has an adaptec 2120S, and the Exabyte > is connected to that. The kernel identifies the Exabyte on boot, but > it's all downhill after that. > > The driver sometimes spits out a pile of errors (I'll append a sample > at the end) and mt doesn't seem to do simple commands (like a retension). > > I note that the MT page for 5.3 says that not all SCSI-1 devices are > supported. So before I invest more time in this, I am wondering if > anyone can tell if the support is there for this configuration? > > If not, what (inexpensive) options do I have for possibly retrieving > this data? > > Thanks a lot, > Scott > -- > sdb@ssr.com > > An "mt status" causes the driver to report: > > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): MODE SENSE(06). CDB: 1a 0 f 0 1c 0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:0,0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): No additional sense information > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): MODE SENSE(06). CDB: 1a 0 f 0 1c 0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:0,0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): No additional sense information > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): MODE SENSE(06). CDB: 1a 0 f 0 1c 0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:0,0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): No additional sense information > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): MODE SENSE(06). CDB: 1a 0 f 0 1c 0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:0,0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): No additional sense information > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): MODE SENSE(06). CDB: 1a 0 f 0 1c 0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:0,0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): No additional sense information > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): MODE SENSE(06). CDB: 1a 0 f 0 1c 0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:0,0 > (sa0:aacp0:0:4:0): No additional sense information > > > While mt reports: > > Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression > Current: default variable 0 unsupported > ---------available modes--------- > 0: default variable 0 unsupported > 1: default variable 0 unsupported > 2: default variable 0 unsupported > 3: default variable 0 unsupported > --------------------------------- > Current Driver State: at rest. > --------------------------------- > File Number: 0 Record Number: 0 Residual Count 0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Scott, Do any of these links help? http://cis.kutztown.edu/~frye/cgi-bin/unixManPages.cgi?st+7D http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=63988&prodTypeId=12169&objectID=lpg51061 http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1995/0984.html There were also a couple hits to the drivers if those would help. Thanks, William