From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 2 01:23:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA13085 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 01:23:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA13064 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 01:23:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id RAA01228; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 17:52:08 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id RAA10197; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 17:51:58 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980902175158.J606@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 17:51:58 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Carey Nairn , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with Exabyte 8505 tape drive References: <199809020727.RAA23448@healy.dpac.tas.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809020727.RAA23448@healy.dpac.tas.gov.au>; from Carey Nairn on Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 05:28:31PM +1000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday, 2 September 1998 at 17:28:31 +1000, Carey Nairn wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having problems with this drive and FreeBSD-2.2.5, connected to an > Adaptec 1505 PNP SCSI card. > > The (relevant) dmesg output is as follows: > ... > Aug 26 20:58:16 bsd /kernel: CSN 2 Vendor ID: ADP1505 [0x05159004] Serial > 0x0db37f3c > Aug 26 20:58:16 bsd /kernel: PnP: override config for CSN 2 LDN 0 vend_id > 0x05159004 > Aug 26 20:58:16 bsd /kernel: Probing for devices on the ISA bus: > ... > Aug 26 20:58:16 bsd /kernel: aic0 at 0x340-0x35f irq 11 on isa > Aug 26 20:58:16 bsd /kernel: aic0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > Aug 26 20:58:16 bsd /kernel: (aic0:2:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8505 0050" type 1 > removable SCSI 2 > Aug 26 20:58:16 bsd /kernel: st0(aic0:2:0): Sequential-Access density code > 0x0, drive empty > ... > > Note that the drive is not empty as reported. > > When I try to access the drive, I get the following on the console. > > Aug 26 21:09:52 bsd /kernel: st0(aic0:2:0): timed out > Aug 26 21:11:32 bsd /kernel: st0(aic0:2:0): timed out > Aug 26 21:13:12 bsd /kernel: st0(aic0:2:0): timed out > > I have checked termination etc. and this all looks OK. The tape drive is > the only device on the scsi bus. > > Could this possibly be a firmware problem? Didn't you send this message a while back? No useful replies? I'd be suspicious of the Adaptec 1505. Do you have the possibility of trying it with some other host adapter? Also, Exabytes are notorious for having strange configurations. You might like to check the Exabyte web site (http://www.exabyte.com/) and check out the revision codes. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message