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Date:      Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:10:25 +0100
From:      Lars Koeller <Lars.Koeller@post.uni-bielefeld.de>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        Lars Koeller <Lars.Koeller@post.uni-bielefeld.de> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Conclusion: Seagate Python firmware and hanging SCBs on 2940! 
Message-ID:  <199802241510.AA070613025@pollux.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>
In-Reply-To: mjacob's message of Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:42:07 -0800. <34F2DC3F.61F14B82@feral.com> 

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Hi!

In reply to Matthew Jacob who wrote:
 
 > This is the most ridiculous piece of email I've seen in a while.

Great! Do you read all the Email in Dejanews?

 > The point of Linux && FreeBSD is that the software can be changed
 > by you. Since the Python drives are quite functional on quite
 > a number of systems, including ones you have to pay real money for,
 > stating that you should "never use the Python and the Adaptec
 > controller on any FreeBSD or Linux" system seems unfriendly, at best.

Sure, on Windows it's o.k. On a NCR 815 is's o.k. But I use a 
Adaptec 2940 now, and the HP1533A at the same SCSI bus works very 
well, and when the Python should be SCSI-2 conform, it has to work, 
too.

I have two Adaptec (2940U and 2940UW) and a total of 8 devices, which 
are all running well, I've also tested more than 6 other SCSI disks, 
some 5 years old, no problem!

The Seagate gives me a DOS (ASPI) testprog, which writes 5MB onto the 
DAT to check if it's working, and this is a very week test in my eyes!

The hanging of SCB depends on the software you use. Tar seems to work 
most, dump gives somtimes probems, and a backup software with a 
highly optimized buffer queuing system seem to fail always!!!!

However. Other people have the same problems, and I only want to 
bring them onto this path, so they have a chance to avoid this 
problems!

Something else ridiculous?

Regards

Lars
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