Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:04:16 +0000 From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> To: Randy Gobbel <gobbel@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: Dirk Lutzebaeck <lutzeb@aeccom.com>, "Holger.Lenz" <Holger.Lenz@m.dasa.de>, aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Async negotiation (Was: 2.0.36/5.1.4 and BIOS settings) Message-ID: <36729400.473E7C1F@redhat.com> References: <ML-3.4.913478545.9383.gobbel@gigan>
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Randy Gobbel wrote:
>
> On 12-Dec-98 at 01:22, Doug Ledford (dledford@redhat.com) wrote:
> > Dirk Lutzebaeck wrote:
> > >
> > > Doug Ledford writes:
> > > > drive in question. If that FAQ says to always use async mode
> > > > regardless of the make or model of drive then they need to bite me.
> > > > There are lots of DAT drives out there that work great at sync speeds.
> > > > HP and SONY tend to run forever sync. If Seagate DATs have a problem
> > > > in specific then that's another matter, but last I knew, Seagate only
> > > > says to disable sync negotiation on the model ST8000N drives or
> > > > something like that. It's a
> > >
> > > Doug, I was wrong to say "all drives". This is from "System Lockup or
> > > Freezing problems when running the tape backup" of the Seagate site: (1)
> > >
> > > "Synchronous Negotiation should be disabled for all Python
> > > tape drives. Leave Synchronous Negotiation enabled for the
> > > Peregrine or Scorpion tape drives."
>
> I haven't been following this thread, but just happened to see this one
> message. I went through a very similar hassle with my Seagate (Conner) CTT8000
> TR4 tape drive some months ago. I called both Seagate and Adaptec tech
> support, as I recall they both told me the tape should be async, and they were
> both wrong. The tape gets set up in synchronous mode and works perfectly. It
> does *not* work correctly if I force async mode. As Doug says, it seems most
> likely that there's something wrong with the application. I have yet to find a
> Unix backup utility that I really like, having been spoiled by Retrospect on
> the Mac.
I've not tried Amanda, but I was particularly fond of Arkeia
(www.knox-software.com) when I still had my DAT tape drive. Now that I
don't have a tape drive any more, it's kind of a moot point for me :)
--
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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