Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 00:36:04 -0400 From: Harlan Stenn <harlan@clark.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: harlan@pfcs.com Subject: bt946C card hangs reading 4mm tape written on Solaris machine Message-ID: <199606050436.AAA27230@clark.net>
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I wrote a tar file to a 4mm exabyte(?) DAT drive attached to a Solaris machine. I verified the tape's content. I put the tape into a Connor (Archive Python) DDS-2 4mm drive, and tried to read it. The BT946C controller hung. Eventually, I got a SCSI abort message, which timed out to a controller abort command, which never finishes, either. The only solution is to hit the reset button. Sorry I don't have a better description of the abort messages; they go to the console but never get logged anywhere because the SCSI controller is hung! Two questions. 1) How can I read this tape? I haven't had problems reading 4mm tar tapes written on a few other platforms. 2) Can something be done to prevent the SCSI controller from hanging in this case?? Thanks... H
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