Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:32:00 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Tape drive resets the server! Message-ID: <200808280932.00998.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <200808271453.44834.perlcat@alltel.net> References: <200808271022.52223.kirk@strauser.com> <200808271453.44834.perlcat@alltel.net>
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On Wednesday 27 August 2008 14:53:44 Tyson Boellstorff wrote: > 3) Yes, it's possible that your drive is doing this, but more likely you > have a bent pin/short somewhere causing the scsi bus to reset, and your > kernel isn't handling this nicely. Check your pins. They bend easy, but a > mechanical pencil with no lead in it can help you with that. Interesting idea. I'll check that next time I power down. > 4) Is your termination auto or physical? Physical. > 5) Is the tape drive manually jumped for a specific ID? I assume that it is > set for 3. Try 4. Seriously? I mean, I certainly don't mind trying it and it wouldn't be any harder than pulling the cable to check the pins, but what's your line of thinking here? > 6) Try a slower transfer rate. Last night I bumped it down from 40MB/s to 20MB/s, disabled tagged queueing (which the adapter had enabled by default), and moved it to a different power lead. So far so good, but 24 hours does not my confidence earn. Thanks for the tips! If it's still acting wonky, I'll work through them. -- Kirk Strauser
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