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Re: [Linux-scsi] Re: Re.: SDT9000 tape drive, aborting command due to
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Kwasigroch)
Mon Jun 19 11:08:53 2000
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From: "Michael Kwasigroch" <mkwasigr@intercope.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:03:46 +0200
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Well, I was also wondering...
To clarify this: I hooked my tape to the end of the internal scsi chain and
set term power to on.
I have an old adatptec 2940 pci with only one 8 bit scsi bus. Works very
well for me. I can not say that the sony tape termination ciruit is bad, I
only can say that it appears to me (and others ;-) that the scsi interface
of the sony tape appears to be **VERY** picky.
Mit freundlichen Gruessen / best regards
Michael Kwasigroch
FaxPlus/Open Development
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Subject: Re: [Linux-scsi] Re: Re.: SDT9000 tape drive, aborting command due to
19.06.00 timeout
16:52
so the fix was to put it at the end or NOT at the end? (i picked up this
thread late)
and do you or do you not use TP (term. power, not toilet paper :)) on the
drive?
I need TP for my tape drive!!! haha, little bit of cornholio seeped into
me.
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Jason Thomas wrote:
> whooaaa, it worked. It seems that the termination on my sony SDT9000 is
rat
> sh%$t. So there you go, anyone else with problems with sony tape drives,
> this could be your answer.
>
> Jason Thomas [jason@topic.com.au] wrote:
> > That is the same sort of conclusion I came to, although I am yet to
test it.
> >
> > what I plan to do is hook up the sony with some other device on the end
of
> > the scsi chain providing termination, my theory is that the termination
on
> > the sony drive is either fscked or picky as you suggest.
> >
> >
> > Michael Kwasigroch [mkwasigr@intercope.com] wrote:
> > > Jason,
> > >
> > > this might not help you but I'm mailing this to let you (and others)
know
> > > your're not alone...
> > >
> > > I have a Sony SDT-7000. I purchased it in an external box to be
attached to
> > > my Adaptec 2940 external connector. I had the exact same problems as
you
> > > describe (tape writes ok but failes on reads). I know of at least
another
> > > guy (he tried with two SDT-7000's) with the same problems.
> > >
> > > After months of trying etc. I called Sony support here in Germany -
they
> > > were not very helpful ("We do not support Linux" is what the guy told
me)
> > > but in the end they pointed me to the company doing the harware
> > > support/maintenance for Sony DAT drives here in Germany - I send the
drive
> > > in for inspection - no use (altough it was free of charge) - the
"UNIX
> > > Installation Guide" Sony provides on their website in PDF-Format did
also
> > > not help - I also tried the "special" st-driver that's available for
Sony
> > > tape drives - no use.
> > >
> > > After almost a year of struggling with the drive I decided to put it
into
> > > the cabinet of my box to the end of my internal SCSI chain (the tape
> > > terminates the bus) - and guess what:
> > >
> > > THAT SOLVED MY PROBLEM!!! Now the drive works reliable and fast, no
> > > problems at all!
> > >
> > > It looks to me that:
> > > o Sony DAT tapes are very picky regarding SCSI bus signals/cabling
> > > o Sony gives a s**t about Linux support
> > > o next time I probably buy HP
> > >
> > >
> > > Mit freundlichen Gruessen / best regards
> > >
> > > Michael Kwasigroch
> > > FaxPlus/Open Development
> > > ________________________________________
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Jason Thomas
> System Administrator - UID 0 Phone: +61 2 6257 7111
> tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Fax: +61 2 6257 7311
> 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/
>
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