From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 8 09:02:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA18931 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:02:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.netsonic.com (netsonic.com [207.250.84.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18926 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:02:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adam@netsonic.com) Received: from localhost (adam@localhost) by apollo.netsonic.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA22710 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 11:02:17 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 11:02:15 -0600 (CST) From: "Adam L. Simpson" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: adaptec controller and sony tape drive Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello.. For some months now we have been having recurring problems with a tape drive in one of our FreeBSD boxes. We are making backups tot he taoe nightly however... only one in maybe 5 is successful.. this is the dmesg output.. st0(ahc0:2:0): SCB 0x0 - timed out while idle, LASTPHASE == 0x1, SCSISIGI == 0x0 SEQADDR = 0x6 SCSISEQ = 0x12 SSTAT0 = 0x0 SSTAT1 = 0xa st0(ahc0:2:0): Queueing an Abort SCB st0(ahc0:2:0): Abort Message Sent st0(ahc0:2:0): SCB 0x0 - timed out in message out phase, SCSISIGI == 0xa4 SEQADDR = 0x99 SCSISEQ = 0x12 SSTAT0 = 0x5 SSTAT1 = 0x2 st0(ahc0:2:0): no longer in timeout ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 1 SCBs aborted st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): SCB 0x0 - timed out while idle, LASTPHASE == 0x1, SCSISIGI == 0x0 SEQADDR = 0x4 SCSISEQ = 0x12 SSTAT0 = 0x0 SSTAT1 = 0xa st0(ahc0:2:0): Queueing an Abort SCB st0(ahc0:2:0): Abort Message Sent st0(ahc0:2:0): SCB 0x0 - timed out in message out phase, SCSISIGI == 0xa4 SEQADDR = 0x99 SCSISEQ = 0x12 SSTAT0 = 0x5 SSTAT1 = 0x2 st0(ahc0:2:0): no longer in timeout ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset. 1 SCBs aborted st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy st0(ahc0:2:0): Target Busy intranet# uname -a FreeBSD intrane 2.2.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Wed Oct 28 14:28:07 CST 16 Ive checked termination which I would think based on previous discussions along these lines may be it but does not appear to help. Ive swapped the cables to no avail. Any other ideas?? Appreciated! Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message