Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:30:34 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: steve@news.cioe.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI/Tape problem? Message-ID: <199801101830.TAA15580@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19980110184222.53552@lemis.com> from "Greg Lehey" at Jan 10, 98 06:42:22 pm
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As Greg Lehey wrote... > On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 11:32:47PM -0500, Steven Ames wrote: > >>> Hrm... I was unclear. The 'mt erase' is obviously only a > >>> symptom. The backup process still causes my machine to lockup... > >> > >> OK, that is obviously wrong. My 2.2.5R box performs dumps just fine on the > >> 8200, as said without doing an mt erase. I do not use Amanda though > > > > Correct. I do not _have_ to do the 'mt erase'. In fact I never do. > > However... 'mt erase' does not work... and my backup locks up. These > > are seperate but related issues. Bottom line is _it don't work_. > > > > I have tried just about every termination I can think to try. Different > > cables, different controller (still a 2940) and a different > > tape drive. It still doesn't work. So something is wrong. Options > > anyone? > > What else do you have connected to the string? If there's something > else, and you obviously have access to a second controller, try using > both controllers, with only the tape connected to the one controller. This is a good one. > If that doesn't work, consider your drive options. This was an > Exabyte 8505, wasn't it? Exabytes used to have millions of drive More exactly: millions of firmware revisions. The one I have in my 8200 was advised to me by an Exabyte engineer. He advised against using the latest rev ;-) Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' --------------- Support your local daemons: run [Free,Net,Open]BSD Unix --
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