Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 18:30:03 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Richards <paul@netcraft.co.uk> To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault) Cc: paul@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: scsi problems Message-ID: <199507171730.SAA01309@server.netcraft.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199507171712.NAA11366@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Jul 17, 95 01:12:58 pm
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In reply to Peter Dufault who said
>
> > Now the real problem:
> >
> > I can't use any tape devices (a HP DAT mainly), if I try to write to
> > it I get (I don't think it's specific to writes though)
> >
> > sd0(aha0:0:0): timed out
> > adapter not taking commands.. frozen?!
> > Debugger("aha1542")
>
> Do you have any problems with tape transfers before this happens?
It writes to the tape for a while (not long) and then hangs.
> This is what happens when the bus jams - the adaptec driver
> tries to abort the transaction (apparently the disk transaction in
> this case), and when it times out again it finds that the mailbox still
> has the ABORT command in it. At that point it assumes all is lost,
> and panics.
>
> Is the tape the only external device or anything else unusual?
Everything is external.
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