From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 26 07:32:17 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id HAA14640 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 07:32:17 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA14634 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 07:32:15 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id AAA16116; Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:01:06 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199506261431.AAA16116@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FBSD 2.xR: AIC7xxx driver vs. st() driver vs. tape drives To: jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM (Jonathan M. Bresler) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:01:06 +0930 (CST) Cc: sheeme@corpcomm.net, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Jun 24, 95 09:50:29 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1411 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jonathan M. Bresler stands accused of saying: > > Jun 20 23:01:02 Fridmani /kernel: st0(uha0:6:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST \ > > csi:10,8,0,0 asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB field replaceable unit: 2 > > Jun 20 23:01:02 Fridmani /kernel: st0: Cannot set selected mode > > with release 2.0R, i get similar problems using an archive viper 150, > ncr810 and asus sp3g. > > st0(ncr1:5:0): illegal request > st0: Cannot set selected modest0(ncr1:5:0): illegal request > st0: Cannot set selected modest0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0 The two errors here are _very_ different. The first is nasty, the second is the 'media changed' "error". > afterward a 'mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind' is enough to kick the > drive/driver so i can use it. strange. No, normal. Admittedly, the driver could be made smarter about it, but that would break other things. In reality, it's a flaw in the SCSI spec, and has probably been addressed in later versions. > Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[