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Date:      Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:23:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Shady <rls@mail.id.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with SCSI Tape drive
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961219002137.258S-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199612142340.XAA00966@server.id.net>

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On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Robert Shady wrote:

> Can anybody explain this?  The tape drive hangs at various intervals....
> What does "overlapped commands attempted" mean?

I would ensure your cable and termination is correct.  Then check the
jumper settings on the tape for correctness or normality.  Then consider
getting a new tape.  Since they're hardware errors they tend to point
either to a big problem or a complete incompatibility.

> aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa
> aha0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
> (aha0:0:0): "WangDAT Model 3400DX 1.10" type 1 removable SCSI 2
> st0(aha0:0:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, 512-byte blocks, write-enabled
> (aha0:4:0): "MICROP 2217-15MQ1001901 HQ30" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> sd0(aha0:4:0): Direct-Access 1685MB (3450902 512 byte sectors)
> (aha0:5:0): "MICROP 2217-15MQ1001901 HQ30" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
> sd1(aha0:5:0): Direct-Access 1685MB (3450902 512 byte sectors)
> npx0 on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> ccd0: Concatenated disk driver
> st0(aha0:0:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:e3fd8 asc:15,1 Mechanical positioning error
> st0(aha0:0:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:1 asc:15,1 Mechanical positioning error
> st0(aha0:0:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:e0a58 asc:15,1 Mechanical positioning error sks:80,3
> st0(aha0:0:0): HARDWARE FAILURE info:1 asc:15,1 Mechanical positioning error
> st0: bad value for compression mode
> st0(aha0:0:0): timed out 
> st0(aha0:0:0): ABORTED COMMAND info:2800 asc:4e,0 Overlapped commands attempted

Or perhaps something is stomping on the aha0...make sure nothing is on IRQ
11 just to be sure.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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