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Date:      Mon, 19 Jul 1999 22:05:11 +0200
From:      Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>
To:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
Cc:        Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kern/11945: tape problems on -stable, mt bl(ocksize), mt erase and hanging SCSI bus
Message-ID:  <19990719220510.B8024@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907190025030.28658-100000@semuta.feral.com>; from Matthew Jacob on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 12:26:32AM -0700
References:  <19990717040530.A35804@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907190025030.28658-100000@semuta.feral.com>

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On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 12:26:32AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> 
> What did you do prior to running the erase?

Nothing if i remember right, just loaded the tape. (and waited until the
tape drive did its new-tape checks.)

>  It's possible that another
> tape command didn't free a ccb.

 Well if i remember right this was the first tape command after reboot...

> It's also possible that this is just
> taking a "forever" time because the tape unit died doing the erase- the
> timeout is 4 hours. 

 Hmm.  this never happened to me before, also the tape didn't move at all
and the LED was still off, as if no command got sent at all... (both at
the erase and retension hangs.)

 Regards,
-- 
Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de>
(remove dot foo from address to reply)


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