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Re: Timeout problems with Exabyte 8200
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Skeet Fischer)
Wed Apr 23 12:31:07 1997
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 11:52:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Skeet Fischer <skeet@Bridgewater.EDU>
To: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199704230648.XAA28939@dandelion.com>
On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:
>
> One possibility is that some tape drives will not handle SCSI commands too soon
> after a bus reset. If you boot with the kernel command line
>
> "BusLogic= BusLogic=0,0,30"
>
> it will set the Bus Settle Time to 30 seconds on ths second host adapter which
> will give the tape drive a better chance of becoming ready.
>
Bingo! That did it. Thank you so very much.
-- Douglas
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Douglas K. Fischer Skeet@Bridgewater.EDU (540) 828 - 5343
Programmer/Network Analyst C. E. Shull Computing Center
College Box 36 Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA 22812
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