Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:09:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: xfb52@dial.pipex.com (Alex Zbyslaw) Cc: Pavel Duda <element@email.cz>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DDS Tape problems Message-ID: <200506211409.j5LE9fvW010384@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <42B81BA8.3070000@dial.pipex.com>
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> > Pavel Duda wrote: > > > I've just switched tape drive for a DDS-4 and this one works fine. > > Funny is that DDS3 drive works wo problems on my workstation with > > Windows and same (well same type not exactly same) SCSI adapter. I > > have also found some information that there could be problem with SCSI > > commands queueing, but no solution for that or what it causes. Anyway > > now I'm happy that DDS-4 in server works fine so I probably wont dig > > deeper to find out where is the problem.... > > Don't blame you :-) I guess I'll just count myself lucky that my DDS-2 > works fine (modulo heads wearing out). > > Windows drivers could easily be doing something clever to compensate for > some known (to Microsoft at least) problem with the specific tape > drive. Being Windows it wouldn't bother to tell you. That is probably true. I just wish someone could find out what that[those] trick[s] is[are] and apply them in FreeBSD - someone who knows more about SCSI tape drivers than I. ////jerry > > Glad you got something working in the end. > > --Alex >
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