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Re: Sony SDT-9000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Thomas)
Tue Feb 8 00:40:29 2000
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:38:55 +1100
From: Jason Thomas <jason@topic.com.au>
To: Eric Youngdale <eric@andante.org>
Cc: Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Message-ID: <20000208163855.Q1980@topic.com.au>
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In-Reply-To: <003401bf71df$3fe744f0$0f17a8c0@eric.home>; from eric@andante.org on Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 09:39:43PM -0500
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It is a adaptec AHA-1505 isa scsi card. we also tried it on a adaptec
AHA-2940U2W both with no success.
Eric Youngdale [eric@andante.org] wrote:
> Basically stary by looking at the log and see whether there are reports
> of SCSI errors, bus resets, retries, that sort of thing. There may be
> indications in the log of exactly what types of problems are being detected.
>
> In this event, the type of SCSI host adapter could also make a
> difference. Could you give me the name and model number of the card you are
> using?
>
> -Eric
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Meissner" <meissner@cygnus.com>
> To: "Eric Youngdale" <eric@andante.org>
> Cc: <jason@topic.com.au>; "Michael Meissner" <meissner@cygnus.com>;
> <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Sony SDT-9000
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc.
> > PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
> > Work: meissner@redhat.com phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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