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Date:      Sun, 19 Nov 1995 00:09:47 +0000 ()
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        wjh@bhoss.ifx.net
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TAPE DRIVE hanging up ?
Message-ID:  <199511190009.AAA15621@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.951118125955.wjh@bhoss.ifx.net> from "Bill Henderson" at Nov 18, 95 12:59:55 pm

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Bill Henderson stands accused of saying:
> 
> Can anyone tell my why my scsi tape drive keeps hanging up int the middle of
> backups?

Maybe it doesn't want it's girlfriend hearing what you're telling it.

Let me ask you a question in return : why is a rake?


On the off chance that you're one of those poor souls without a sense of
humour :  WHERE ARE THE DETAILS?  We're not psychic, and if you don't help,
we can't do anything for you.  And won't.

So :
- what sort of tape?
- what sort of disk(s)?
- what sort of SCSI controller?
- is your SCSI bus installed and terminated correctly? ARE YOU VERY SURE?
- which version of FreeBSD are you running?
- how are you performing the backup?
- what does "hanging up" mean?  This is not a technical term.
- What other symptoms do you see? (error messages, flashing LEDs, etc.)

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