Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 18:37:29 +0000 From: Thordur Ivarsson <thivars@est.is> To: Blaz Zupan <blaz@amis.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WangDAT 3200 not working Message-ID: <33BA9FE9.41C67EA6@est.is> References: <199706172110.XAA14747@relay.amis.net>
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Blaz Zupan wrote: > > Is anybody using a WangDAT 3200 DAT streamer with success? > Whenever I try to write to a tape I get errors like: > > st0(ahc0:1:0): HARDWARE FAILURE asc:15,1 Mechanical positioning error > > and > > st0(ahc0:1:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:80 asc:c,0 Write error sks:80,1 > > I tried two different tapes (both can't be defect, one was new, > the other was a used one) and both experience the same problem. > I double and triple checked SCSI termination but still no go. > > The DAT is connected to an Adaptec 2940UW, I'm running a 2.2.2 > kernel. The relevant messages are: > > ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 0 int a irq 7 on pci0:11 > ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs > ahc0:A:1: refuses WIDE negotiation. Using 8bit transfers > (ahc0:1:0): "WangDAT Model 3200 02.2" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > st0(ahc0:1:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty > ahc0:A:6: refuses WIDE negotiation. Using 8bit transfers > (ahc0:6:0): "QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200S 300X" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd0(ahc0:6:0): Direct-Access 3067MB (6281856 512 byte sectors) > > Any ideas? Please include me in your replies as I don't subscribe > to this list (there are way too many FreeBSD mailing lists to be > subscribed to all of them :). > > -- > Blaz Zupan, blaz@amis.net, http://www.amis.net/staff/blaz > Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia I think you have problem with the WangDat tape drive. They tend to get broken in few months. I sold 5-7 drives in one year and got all of them back broken, not finding the tapeheader. thivars@est.is
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