[3791] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: recordable scsi cd problem - scsi timeout
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (suit)
Mon Apr 27 13:31:30 1998
To: mlist-linux-scsi@nntp-server.caltech.edu
From: zoot@ugcs.caltech.edu (suit)
Date: 27 Apr 1998 17:28:08 GMT
Reply-To: zoot-NOSPAM@ugcs.caltech.edu
On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:20:39 +0000, Andrea.Zuccollo@mail.ing.nl <Andrea.Zuccollo@mail.ing.nl> wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble with the following configuration:
>
....
> ibm pc i586
> adaptec scsi aha 2940 ultra rev. c
> yamaha cd-r cdr400t rev 1.0i on scsi bus seagate st3255on (2gb) on
>
....
> long time (no 'fixating' message); eventually, I see a 'scsi
> timeout/reset' message on the screen and the cd-r unit releases the
> disk;
....
Do you have to explicitly enable disconnects in your scsi card's bios ?
If the cd-R can't disconnect from the bus, inevitably some process wants
to talk to your hard disk during cd-R fixation time and your bus would reset
from the timeout on said command... *shrug*
-rob
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