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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: 2.1.5R and EXB-8200 hangs on write
Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands 
Message-ID: <E73IFB.s5@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:40:23 GMT
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scott@zorch.sf-bay.org (Scott Hazen Mueller) writes:

>Gah.

>Anyway, I know 2.1.5R is somewhat old, I'm waiting for 2.2.1R... :-)

>Mar 13 23:33:22 zorch /kernel: (aic0:4:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 263H" type 1 removable SCSI 1

>It's living on its own controller (Adaptec 1522A) with nothing else on that
>bus.  The system disk is on an Adaptec 2940.  I read a 127MB file off of a
>tape just fine.  When I try to write (just using tar, nothing fancy) it runs
>for a while and then the system hangs up hard.  If I'm in X at the time, the
>pointer won't move; if I'm at a text console, I can switch vtys but can't
>actually do anything.

>I've got termination on the 1522A and the EXB and the cable is known good.

>I checked the archives at www.freebsd.org and saw some similar problems, but
>wouldn't you know, the answers are not in the archives...  (Consider that a
>minor gripe about the archives).

>I've found the firmware on www.exabyte.com, but not having a PROM burner I'm
>not enthusiastic about trying that...

>Help?

Not much other than that 

Mar  7 23:53:11 yedi /kernel: (ncr1:4:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 2687" type 1

has worked for me since FreeBSD2.0. I've had it hanging from a AH1542A,
a AH1740 and now it is on an NCR810.

Wilko
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