Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:08:24 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG, Javier Henderson <javier@KJSL.COM>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape drive oddities Message-ID: <20000621210824.F238@freebie.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006211204280.13520-100000@semuta.feral.com>; from mjacob@feral.com on Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:05:24PM -0700 References: <20000621080848.A81471@freebie.wbnet> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006211204280.13520-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:05:24PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > Not a tape driver problem- sounds like either your termination is wrong on the > > > 1542C (check via bios), or that there's something not quite right with the > > > adaptec 1542 driver. > > > > A repeatable off-by-1 error due to termination problems? I doubt it to be > > honest.. Sounds more like driver problems to me > > > > Yes, I'd usually agree. Although in SYNC mode for older hardware, a missing > 'last byte' was indeed often a bad cabling problem. Right, and Adaptec (the older ones) had a reputation for being sensitive to cabling (shiver, like the 1740) -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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