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Date:      Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:40:42 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Motherboard doesn't like tape drive
Message-ID:  <199702182310.JAA07385@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970218174933.291C-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Feb 18, 97 05:56:39 pm"

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John Fieber stands accused of saying:
> On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> > Do you have "FAILSAFE" in your kernel config?
> 
> Nope.  Should I?

No; the ncr driver behaves more conservatively when it's defined, I
thought that might be a problem.

> The one tunable parameter on the archive viper is the buffer
> disconnect size.  It is currently at 16K (factory default), but
> can be adjusted between 2K and 32K.  Could that be a factor here? 

Indeed.  Is that the high-water or low-water mark for disconnect?  
Try fiddling it and see 8)

> -john

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