From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 4 09:08:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA16803 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:08:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA16796 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:08:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from chuck@localhost) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA27564 for hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:08:43 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:08:43 -0500 Message-Id: <199601041708.MAA27564@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> from: chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: A few NITS about SCSI Tapes Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk These are just a few problems I've experienced with my SCSI Tapes. 1) Using an ExaByte 8200 on a 2.1 system with an Adaptec 1522A and a 1542CF SCSI Card - The dump application exits with the error "st1: bad request, must be between 0 and 0" when using a 8mm video tape. Granted, I should be using data quality tapes but for non-critical backups I don't really have a problem with using them. (They work o.k. with SunOS 4, BSD/OS and Linux). 2) Using an ARCHIVE Python 28454-XXX 4ASB on a 2.1 system with an Adaptec 2940 SCSI Card - a) Occationally while doing backups the kernel reports "/kernel: st0(ahc0:4:0): Target Busy" b) After a dump I always need to execute "mt -f /dev/st0 offline" in order to eject the tape. I am unable to eject the tape using the eject button. Thought I'd pass the information along. -- Charles Green, PRC Inc. UN*X System Administration 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming