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From: karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Subject: Problems writing to Exabyte EXB-8500 SCSI tape 386BSD
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 07:38:13 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Aug19.073813.12145@NeoSoft.com>
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When trying to write to an Exabyte EXB-8500 I get the following:

as1a: controller error 0x12 writing fsbn 0-19
scsi sense: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

I have the variable-length patches installed.  Same problems occur regardless
of blocking.

Even with the tape as SCSI unit 1, it is not recognized in the boot probe.
But on the first attempt to access it, it does probe it and announces
an Exabyte 8500, etc.

The 8500 can store 5 GB.  Might that > 4 GB capacity change the way some
things need to work?

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