From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 14:09:51 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 1813116A41C for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:09:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7EAE43D5E for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:09:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j5LE9gJF010385; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:09:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id j5LE9fvW010384; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:09:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200506211409.j5LE9fvW010384@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: xfb52@dial.pipex.com (Alex Zbyslaw) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:09:41 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <42B81BA8.3070000@dial.pipex.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Pavel Duda , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DDS Tape problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:09:51 -0000 > > Pavel Duda wrote: > > > I've just switched tape drive for a DDS-4 and this one works fine. > > Funny is that DDS3 drive works wo problems on my workstation with > > Windows and same (well same type not exactly same) SCSI adapter. I > > have also found some information that there could be problem with SCSI > > commands queueing, but no solution for that or what it causes. Anyway > > now I'm happy that DDS-4 in server works fine so I probably wont dig > > deeper to find out where is the problem.... > > Don't blame you :-) I guess I'll just count myself lucky that my DDS-2 > works fine (modulo heads wearing out). > > Windows drivers could easily be doing something clever to compensate for > some known (to Microsoft at least) problem with the specific tape > drive. Being Windows it wouldn't bother to tell you. That is probably true. I just wish someone could find out what that[those] trick[s] is[are] and apply them in FreeBSD - someone who knows more about SCSI tape drivers than I. ////jerry > > Glad you got something working in the end. > > --Alex >