From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Jun 21 12: 8:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D094737C06D; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:08:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000621190917.KJRC24430.relay01@chello.nl>; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:09:17 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA00624; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:08:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:08:24 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Matthew Jacob Cc: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG, Javier Henderson , freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape drive oddities Message-ID: <20000621210824.F238@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20000621080848.A81471@freebie.wbnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from mjacob@feral.com on Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:05:24PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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