From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 12 18:52:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20BDA16A41C for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:52:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from David.Bear@asu.edu) Received: from post5.inre.asu.edu (post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2BBB43D48 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:52:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from David.Bear@asu.edu) Received: from conversion.post5.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) id <0IJJ00H0133G2H@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:52:28 -0700 (MST) Received: from smtp.asu.edu (smtp.asu.edu [129.219.110.107]) by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) with ESMTP id <0IJJ00GBD33GJ3@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:52:28 -0700 (MST) Received: from teancum.pp.asu.edu (teancum.pp.asu.edu [129.219.69.212]) by smtp.asu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/asu_smtp_relay, nullclient, tcp_wrapped) with ESMTP id j6CIqSj5026620 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:52:28 -0700 (MST) Received: by teancum.pp.asu.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DD125A63; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:52:28 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:52:28 -0700 From: David Bear To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20050712185228.GB1740@asu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: bad tape hanging machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: David.Bear@asu.edu List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:52:52 -0000 I have a freebsd 4.x machine running simple file and print services. It has a scsi tape drive installed -- externally. It is attached to an adaptec 2940uw. The internal 3 hard drives are attached to an adaptec 29160. Last friday, the whole system locked up with an ugly error message about scb's and scsi buffers .. lots of garbage. I was afraid I had lost a hard drive. So I started removing the drives and testing each one individually. They all were perfect. So I removed the tape from the tape drive, and booted the system. Boot normally.. all is well. I put a new tape in the drive, run a tar job to it okay. Run a dump of all file systems, ok. Now I wondering, could a bad tape cause the whole system to lock up? That seems really BAD to have a single cassette tape bring a whole system down. Anyone else seen this? -- David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"