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Date:      Wed, 8 Jan 2003 02:38:45 +0900
From:      Javi Lavandeira <ag0ny@ag0ny.com>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   HP SureStore 24i
Message-ID:  <20030108023845.4d00c2a4.ag0ny@ag0ny.com>

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Hi,

I recently bought an HP SureStore 24i (DDS3 SCSI2 drive, 50 pins) on an auction site, and I'm not sure about whether I'm doing anything wrong, or the unit is broken. This is my configuration:

The server is an Athlon @1.4Ghz on an Asus motherboard. The SCSI card is an Adaptec AHA3940UWD: two UltraSCSI2 (68 pins) channels. On the first channel I have a 18Gb UltraSCSI disk (and a terminator at the end of the cable), in single-ended mode:

da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 8 lun 0
da0: <IBM DNES-318350W SAH0> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device 
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)

On the second channel (a different cable, which is also 68 pins), I have connected the DAT drive using a 68<->50 pin adapter, on the SCSI ID 0, with another terminator at the end of this cable. It is recognized correctly at boot time:

sa0 at ahc1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
sa0: <HP C1537A L812> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device 
sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)

The switches in the unit are all ON, but switch number 3, which is OFF. The 'Clean' LED in the unit is off, so it doesn't need cleaning. 

This is the output of an 'mt status' when I insert a blank tape:

giskard:~# mt status
Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi      Compression
Current:  0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
---------available modes---------
0:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
1:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
2:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
3:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
---------------------------------
Current Driver State: at rest.
---------------------------------
File Number: 0  Record Number: 0        Residual Count 8192

The problem is that I cannot write anything to the tape. For example, an 'mt fsf 1' takes forever (I got tired of waiting after 30 minutes, with the tape going from one side to the other). The following error appears in /var/log/messages when I stop the operation by ejecting the tape manually (pressing the 'Eject' button):

Jan  8 02:22:08 giskard /kernel: (sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): SPACE. CDB: 11 1 0 0 1 0 
Jan  8 02:22:08 giskard /kernel: (sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): BLANK CHECK req sz: 1 (decimal) asc:0,5
Jan  8 02:22:08 giskard /kernel: (sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): End-of-data detected

When I use dump to backup my root partition to the tape, the following error appears in /var/log/messages:

(sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 1 0 
(sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR asc:3b,0
(sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): Sequential positioning error field replaceable unit: 2
(sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 1 0 
(sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): Deferred Error: MEDIUM ERROR asc:3b,0
(sa0:ahc1:0:0:0): Sequential positioning error field replaceable unit: 2

Any idea about what could be the problem?

Regards,

-- 
Javi Lavandeira (ag0ny@ag0ny.com) - http://www.ag0ny.com - http://www.aamsx.org

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