From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Sep 19 02:35:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA28582 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 02:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DonaldBurr.dyn.ml.org (ppp6204.la.inreach.net [199.107.160.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA28577 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 02:35:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dburr@localhost) by DonaldBurr.dyn.ml.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA26353 for scsi@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 02:37:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9709190111.AA08848@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 02:35:35 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Starfleet Command From: Donald Burr To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R causing system to freeze then reboot Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- My secret spy satellite informs me that on 19-Sep-97, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: > >>>>>> Andrew Herdman writes: > > > I just purchased s JVC XR-W2001, hooked it up to my ncr53c810 > > scsi controller. Everytime I do anything direted at the drive ( a > > dd, scsi command, wormcontrol) the computer freezes, and then reboots. > >This is normal :-) the JVC is not a supported drive. Yeah, normal maybe for Lose'95 :) , but it shouldn't be for UNIX -- it should die in a more robust manner (like maybe saying "worm0: Device not configured"? and defnitely NOT rebooting the system!) Donald Burr - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNCJH0vjpixuAwagxAQHrQQP+Oc5p8AAOAuoo/DjcE6kamAIMzxdm6dX4 YehpbApmNTgv+e3GYKRyxlCuyoJprFIFqrFu8EcJdXoaKwGYO28Rhix41PfE6ciN mM6meO5zwCUg+Cz4ZeCXLVzNGkFnJFluXm1i+Cozheiojc97ZAlalutPwc4e6wLz Q3rL9ImkZEM= =8Td3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----