Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 21:18:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: "Dave C." <hysterx@interaccess.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scsi tape problems..aha0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980609211305.26901K-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <357DEC0B.CA9289CF@interaccess.com>
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it really does sound like the wrong interrupt.. please check what the card IS set to. there is a possibility that the printout of irq 11 may be what the kernel is expecting rather than what the card is at.. On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Dave C. wrote: > hello, > > aha0 at 0x234-0x237 irq 11 drq 7 on isa > aha0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > > and the tape drive gets started with the following message which also > seems normal: > > (aha0:6:0): "WangDAT Model 3100 02.2" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > st0(aha0:6:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty it's odd that it reports as empty but.... At this stage it's polling and not using interrupts yet. > > well the drive isn't empty though. but other than that no errors occur > untill I try to do anything with the > drive. I try any command ..mt tar newfs..etc. and the device times out > giving me the following message: newfs???? valid commands for tapes are dd, tar, cpio, mt, dump and that's about all.. oh yeah scsi(8) > > st0(aha0:6:0): timed out > st0(aha0:6:0): timed out AGAIN > > fix it. > > As far as I can tell there is no other device(s) using IRQ 11 nor trying > to use the base address of the scsi card. > The bios is disabled on the card by the looks of the switch on the card. that shouldn't matter > julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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