Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 10:06:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: formatting a scsi disk (fwd) Message-ID: <199505011406.KAA02632@ns1.win.net>
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> > It turns out that commands with no data have never worked via "scsi" > (yikes). That is fixed in -current, and I'm on to two new problems: > > 1. We need to be able to specify the timeout (the default is 2 > seconds, which is not going to work well for formatting your disks) > > Bear in mind that scsi DAT tapes can be "formatted" and "partitioned". SCSI tapes can also be rewound/ejected/erased with commands that don't contain data - and those commands often take a lot longer than 2 seconds. Regards, Mark Hittinger bugs@win.net
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