[6695] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Scsi Tape errors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Harrekilde-Petersen)
Thu Jun 17 04:50:11 1999
From: Kai Harrekilde-Petersen <KHP@olicom.dk>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:45:52 +0200
> From: Robert X Weeks [mailto:weeks_robert@jpmorgan.com]
>
> I'm having a little problem with a HP tape drive and was looking for a
> little assistance.
>
> One of my clients has a P200 server with an aha1542cf card talking to a HP
> T20i. The problem is the tape drive is unusable unless I power off the
> system as a reboot wont work.
[snip problem description]
I have a 1542cf too, and I've had a Wangtek 6200-HS, and have now a
DDS-2 DAT (can't remember what brand; probably a Segate).
You might try to upgrade the BIOS on the aha1542cf. BIOS and firmware are
downloadable from Adaptec's website.
http://www.adaptec.com/support/overview/aha1540.html
You'll need two new EPROM's, of course.
A direct link to the latest (v2.10) BIOS/firmware is
ftp://ftp.adaptec.com/pub/BBS/eprom/cf154x.exe
> The kernel used is 2.0.34. Although I would like to upgrade his machine to
> 2.2.x but this machine is critical and it has never crashed so I can't
> justify it.
Uhmmmm .... I had a similar problem recently, but I think it was a 2.1.13x
kernel, where the scsi tape handling was broken, not 2.0.x.
HTH,
Kai
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