From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Aug 8 9:38:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25F6637B401 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from qescan1.qgraph.com (QESCAN1.qgraph.com [206.158.124.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D20E43E6A for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:38:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Aaron.Schroeder@qg.com) Received: from 192.168.200.28 by qescan1.qgraph.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:37:58 -0500 Received: by sxsmtp1.qgraph.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:37:57 -0500 Message-ID: <025596A38A894B45AFE62346A6BF47464E298E@waexch1.qgraph.com> From: "Schroeder, Aaron" To: "'mjacob@feral.com'" Cc: "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: PWS500au DAT Drive problems on 4.6-STABLE Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:37:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I can't seem to locate the file /boot/loader.conf, I do have, however, some other locations: [root@diabloii /]# locate loader.conf /boot/defaults/loader.conf /usr/share/man/man5/loader.conf.5.gz /usr/src/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf /usr/src/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5 [root@diabloii /]# When I go to edit the /boot/defaults/loader.conf, it says not to edit the file. (I don't want to hose my machine, so I am being extra cautious) AJ Schroeder -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Jacob [mailto:mjacob@feral.com] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:39 AM To: Schroeder, Aaron Cc: 'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: PWS500au DAT Drive problems on 4.6-STABLE I dunno- looks like a fouled up SCSI bus or somehow badly routed interrupts. Make sure you are loading isp firmware ispfw_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf. On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Schroeder, Aaron wrote: > > Greetings, > > I have a DAT drive hooked up to my PWS 500au machine running 4.6-STABLE. > It's a digital labled drive, I don't remember what model it is, and my dmesg > output is filled with a bunch of messages liek this: > > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xd > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xd7 > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xeb > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xe > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0x41 > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0x64 > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0x80 > > I have flexbackup installed from the ports, but even when I use 'mt' I get > 'mt: /dev/sa0: Input/output error' messages and whatever operation I am > doing, whether it is an erase or backup, will go for awhile and then quit > "normally" When I go to check the tape, I have no index, etc. > > Has anyone seen anything like this before? I am clueless... > > AJ Schroeder > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message