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From: root@bbs.dsnet.com (System Administrator)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: tape backups and FreeBSD 2.0
Date: 11 Jan 1995 15:26:41 GMT
Organization: DSnet
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Pascal Pederiva (pascal@zuo.dec.com) wrote:
: root@bbs.dsnet.com (System Administrator) writes:
: >I'm having trouble getting a tape backup working with FreeBSD 2.0.
: >The machine is a 486-66 with 32megs of ram. Controller is Adaptec
: >1542CF. Tape drive is Exabyte 8500.
: >It appears I can write to the drive ok (I don't get any errors when
: >tar'ing to it). But when I try to 'tar tf' it:
: > 2. after about 5 seconds the hard drive activity light goes
: > on and stays on.
: > 3. I get the following error, continuously repeated:
: > sd0(aha0:0:0): timed out
: > adapter not taking commands... frozen?
: > debugger("aha1542") called
: > 4. The only way to get out of it is to power cycle the computer.
: >Duane Davis | God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of
: >root@dsnet.com | things. Right now I am so far behind I will never die
: >OBBOFH in training |
: Hi,
: well this sounds much like a problem with SCSI Termination, if I recall
: right , the termination on the adaptec1542cf is software controlled.
: If you have internal disk(s) and an external tape , you should probably
: switch off the controllers termination . Both ends of the bus should
: then be terminated ( The Tape and the last internal disk ).
That did the trick. Thanks!
--
Duane Davis | God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of
root@dsnet.com | things. Right now I am so far behind I will never die
BOFH in training |