Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:11:07 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Cc: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard doesn't like tape drive Message-ID: <199702190341.OAA09307@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970218200245.291G-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Feb 18, 97 08:15:34 pm"
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John Fieber stands accused of saying: > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > the problem may be that the tape is straved for data, so it stops > > writing and has to seek before starting to write again. > > Then I would think that dd'ing /dev/zero to the tape would keep > it streaming, but it won't. :( That might happen if it gets its data out to the tape before your system has got back to it with more. 8( > It has also crossed my mind that the tape drive may just be > broken, and it is coincidence that it happened right after (or > during) a motherboard swap. Anybody know typical failure > symptoms for the Archive Viper? I don't get read or write > errors, just no streaming. Don't think so; the only symptoms I've seen have been "dead, does nothing", and "lots of errors". > -john -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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