From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun Dec 20 10:22:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA05385 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:22:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA05368 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:22:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id TAA29846; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:21:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA17864; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:20:27 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from j) Message-ID: <19981220192026.11233@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:20:26 +0100 From: J Wunsch To: Harlan Stenn Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with Amanda backups to 4mm tape Reply-To: Joerg Wunsch References: <29914.914136169@brown.pfcs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <29914.914136169@brown.pfcs.com>; from Harlan Stenn on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 01:42:49AM -0500 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As Harlan Stenn wrote: > Dec 19 22:10:57 pcfb1 /kernel: st1(ahc0:5:0): Target Busy > Dec 19 22:10:57 pcfb1 last message repeated 5 times Seems that Amanda is trying to open the tape while it's not yet ready (e. g. rewinding). The tape rejects the operation, and the driver doesn't wait until it's ready either. IMHO you can modify the behaviour with the little DIP switches, but i don't have any docs about them (at least that's been the case for the HP parts). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message