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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!gw.dgii.com!mpp From: mpp@digibd.com (Mike Pritchard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Does Archive Viper 150 SCSI tape work reliably? Date: 1 May 1996 21:54:22 GMT Organization: Digi International Lines: 60 Message-ID: <4m8mie$jgm@gw.dgii.com> References: <4m5tjq$gq3@yama.mcc.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: engin.dgii.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) In <4m5tjq$gq3@yama.mcc.ac.uk> bill@winu.fa.umist.ac.uk (Bill Nutt) writes: >Hi, >as the subject line says....does it work? Yes, I have one on my system, and it works just fine. >When trying to tar to it, my machine hung. I always used to get this under >Linux before the drivers improved. I'm using an Adaptec 2742AT controller, >which works great with 2.1-RELEASE apart from any tape access. >When the kernel boots, it tells me the Archive 150 is a "known rogue", >so can I expect very much? Has anyone else got this drive to work? The "known rogue" message means that the driver knows about certain "quirks" with this drive, and will take the appropriate measures to ensure that it accesses the drive correctly. >I know its a crap old drive, but its the only backup I (used to) have at the >moment (until I graduate this Summer and can afford REAL hardware!) >Hopefully someone, somewhere has this drive working reliably - I'm now using >my FreeBSD box on a final year project - hence backups would be a good idea >;o) >I'd like to add my sentiments to the serious (for once!) discussion between >Linux and FreeBSD as well. As someone who always used to go and get the >latest linux kernel source (hoping for better SCSI reliability ;o) I must say >FreeBSD is a breeze. It *is* faster, and more secure, than linux was, >and all in all feels more integrated, since the development team are more >co-ordinated than their linux counterparts. >Thanks guys (and gals??) for a wonderful operating system. >I think I'm in love with FreeBSD ;o) >(the truly HELPFUL responses in the newsgroups are another welcome bonus!) >thanks again, I'm using my Archive 2150S with an Adaptect 2842VL SCSI controller, and it is the same driver that the 2742 uses. Have you gone through the usual SCSI problem checklist? - Check the cables - Check for proper device termination on both ends of the SCSI chain - Check SCSI ids - If you have SCSIselect on your card (control-a on boot up), try setting the most conservitive settings for that device. - Check the cables and termination again The 27/284x driver has gone through a lot of development since 2.1 was released. You might try running 2.1-STABLE instead and see if that makes the problem go away. -- Mike Pritchard mpp@dgii.com or mpp@FreeBSD.org "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn"