From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 19 00:23:37 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA08547 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:23:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.84]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA08542 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:23:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA00425; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:23:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:23:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Robert Shady cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with SCSI Tape drive In-Reply-To: <199612142340.XAA00966@server.id.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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