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 -- E-Mail: | Lars Koeller Lars.Koeller@Uni-Bielefeld.DE | UNIX Sysadmin lkoeller@cc.FH-Lippe.DE | Computing Center PGP-key: | University of Bielefeld http://www.nic.surfnet.nl/pgp/pks-toplev.html | Germany ----------- FreeBSD, what else? ---- http://www.freebsd.org ------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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