From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 15 8: 8:56 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 08:08:53 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from bach.Graphics.Cornell.EDU (bach.graphics.cornell.edu [128.84.247.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E05337B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:08:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from graphics.cornell.edu (barn.graphics.cornell.edu [128.84.247.210]) by bach.Graphics.Cornell.EDU (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA29281 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:08:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hurf@graphics.cornell.edu) Message-ID: <3A3A414A.AD289029@graphics.cornell.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:05:30 -0500 From: Hurf Sheldon Organization: Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2 stable SCSI errors References: <3A37BC7E.319FE29D@graphics.cornell.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Folks, We are having these errors with another type of drive as well - it seems to be related to trying to read the tape after a move operation. Using a single CPU kernel did not affect the problem... (ch0:ahc0:0:0:1): MOVE MEDIUM. CDB: a5 20 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 (ch0:ahc0:0:0:1): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:3b,d (ch0:ahc0:0:0:1): Medium destination element full ch: warning: could not map element source address 0d to a valid element type (sa0:ahc0:0:0:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command t o clear this state. (sa0:ahc0:0:0:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command t o clear this state. (sa0:ahc0:0:0:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command t o clear this state. ch: warning: could not map element source address 0d to a valid element type (sa0:ahc0:0:0:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command t o clear this state. (sa0:ahc0:0:0:0): 32768-byte tape record bigger than suplied buffer ch: warning: could not map element source address 0d to a valid element type . System description: System 4.2 stable (cvsup 12/10/00) (4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #3:) Dual 266mhz PII, PB2-D ASUS MB, Adaptec 2930CU card Overland 4000 DLT tape library (LXS4115) or HP SURESTORE 1200 DDS2 . Any insights to a solution would be appreciated. thanks, hurf Hurf Sheldon wrote: > > Hi Folks, > We are getting "Queuing a BDR SCB" errors and then related > problems trying to access a DLT tape library via `amlabel` > or `chio` (which `amlabel` uses). It seems to be > related to wait-states as acessing the first 6 slots never > causes an error - slots 7+ do - the library seems to take longer > to seat the cartridges as it homes each time before shopping > for a cartridge. The drive works fine on an HPUX system. > We've gone into the SCSI card and reset the tranfer rate to 10mb/s. > I looked for some notes re: this and the only reference I found > was re: dual CPU interrpts; we are using a dual PII system. As > I write this a single cpu kernal is being built that we will > try. Should we try a single cpu motherboard system or? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message