[8049] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Sony SDT-9000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Meissner)
Mon Feb 7 19:01:01 2000
From: Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>
Message-ID: <20000207182222.02088@cse.cygnus.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:22:22 -0500
To: Eric Youngdale <eric@andante.org>
Cc: jason@topic.com.au, Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
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In-Reply-To: <008f01bf71c0$85794500$940310ac@fairfax.datafocus.com>; from Eric Youngdale on Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 06:10:18PM -0500
On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 06:10:18PM -0500, Eric Youngdale wrote:
> >Can a dirty drive cause the machine to lockup. Or will it only cause
> >corrupted reads and write to the tape device. we forgot all about the head
> >cleaning tape that came with the drive.
>
> More to the point, is the reason for the lockup that the SCSI error
> handling is going wonky and hosing the system or is the problem that the
> device isn't releasing the bus when it should be.
I don't know. Maybe one of the scsi experts can chime in.
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