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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!labtam!eyrie!athos From: athos@eyrie.img.com.au (David Burren) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 386BSD 0.1 scsi tape problem Message-ID: <712469595.7791@eyrie.img.com.au> Date: 30 Jul 92 04:13:16 GMT References: <1992Jul28.033036.18989@raid.dell.com> Organization: img Consultants, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 28 In <1992Jul28.033036.18989@raid.dell.com> james@raid.dell.com (James Van Artsdalen) writes: >I am running 386BSD 0.1 on a Dell 433P with 16 MB of DRAM, using an >Adaptec 1542B with a 660 MB Micropolis SCSI disk and an HP 2 GB SCSI >DAT tape drive. I am having trouble writing to the tape drive. > changing root device to as0a > as0: attached tgt 0 <MICROP 1588-15MB1036511 AS0C> winchester disk > as0: attached tgt 4 <HP HP35480A A> tape > as4a: controller error 0x12 writing fsbn 0-19 > scsi sense: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > as4a: controller error 0x12 writing fsbn 20-39 > scsi sense: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >... more controller errors and scsi sense lines... >Any guesses as to what's wrong? I was getting similar sense messages on all SCSI devices until I realised the 1540's BIOS wasn't enabled. I haven't had a chance to look at the as driver yet, but I think it's possible it's relying on part of the board being initialised by the BIOS on boot. Your disk is apparently behaving, so this might not be your problem, but what the hell... - David B. athos@img.com.au