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Subject: Re: SCSI 1542 error
In-Reply-To: <23781.199707310811@seagoon.gid.co.uk> from Bob Bishop at "Jul 31, 97 09:11:11 am"
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Bob Bishop writes:
> In article <199707291542.JAA12346@rocky.mt.sri.com>,
> Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.COM> wrote:
>> You're not the first.  It appears to me from watching the mailing list
>> that the 1542 boards are not supported in 2.2.  *Many* people have
>> reported problems with them, which unfortunately means that I can no
>> longer do 2.2 development at home. :(
>
> I've got two machines running 2.2.x on 1542CF with no problems; my -current
> machine runs on one too.
>
> A thought: have those reporting trouble got the transfer rate wound up
> on the controller?  Mine are running on the defaults.

So is mine.  I think the problem is related to the combination of
device and controller; since moving my Archive changer from the 1542
to the 2940, things are running fine.

Greg