Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:49:00 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DLT problems Message-ID: <20000308164900.A89535@internal> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003080658530.28026-100000@beppo.feral.com>; from mjacob@feral.com on Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 07:01:59AM -0800 References: <200003080752.BAA94833@celery.dragondata.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003080658530.28026-100000@beppo.feral.com>
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On Wed, 08-Mar-2000 at 07:01:59 -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > > > > It's funny you should mention that- I've seen this too (although on a > > > different host adatper) with a DLT4000- and it does appear to be related to > > > getting near end of tape, but there's nothing programmatically to be done. > > > > > > I have not figured out what is actually going on f/w wise- I have a very > > > downrev Sun OEM DLT4000. > > > > > > Are you in fixed block or in variable block mode? > > > > > > -matt > > > > Fixed block, I believe. When I get back there, I'll double check. > > > > I looked for a firmware upgrade for this, but www.compaq.com seems to have > > no DEC related materials any more. > > DEC sold it's DLT technology to Quantum years ago. > See http://www.dltape.com. > > > If there's anything you want me to try, I'm willing. :) I am using this one (OK, it is a Quantum DLT4700): sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 sa0: <Quantum DLT4700 D991> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) ch0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 1 ch0: <Quantum TZ Media Changer D991> Removable Changer SCSI-2 device ch0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) ch0: 7 slots, 1 drive, 1 picker, 0 portals The firmware for the DLT4xxx can be found at: ftp://ftp.quantum.com/Tape_Firmware/DLT4000/ Don't know if it is DEC compatible... -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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