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From: db@diana.ocunix.on.ca (Dyane Bruce)
Subject: SCSI disk I/O error
Message-ID: <1993Oct23.203652.4718@diana.ocunix.on.ca>
Organization: db Software
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1993 20:36:52 GMT
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I am having a problem with NetBSD 0.9 on a ISA 486 DX/66
Adaptec 1542C Controller, internal Seagate ST-2383N, external
Panasonic LF-7010 (optical R/W) and NEC Multispin CDR-74-1 (CDROM).

I sometimes get a "sd0:reset" console error with subsequent consistent
"I/O error" on any command from the shell. Extracting gsrc
triggers this everytime. This then forces the use of the
"big red switch" on the machine. Before I dig into the SCSI driver has
anyone seen this as well? Or yet better fixed this? I have noted problems
intermittent soft errors under NeXTSTEP and this same machine
(I am dumping NeXTSTEP 3.1 for NetBSD 0.9) which NeXTSTEP was
able to recover from. I have been completely unable to determine
where these errors are coming from. (Yes, I have checked terminations
put brand new cables in, the works. The point is NeXTSTEP was able
to deal with these errors and NetBSD 0.9 doesn't.)

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Dyane Bruce				db@diana.ocunix.on.ca
29 Vanson Ave. Nepean On, K2E 6A9	So who first started the tradition of
613-225-9920				putting witty sayings in sigs anyway?