From: Eric Lee Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI write errors with Onstream ADR50 drive
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 14:57:12 -0700
> "Karl B. Hammar" wrote:
> > Return defective unit to where you sold it.
>
> "bought" it, I presume. But: see below:
Oh yes, I mean "bought" :)
>
> > > All is well until we try reading or writing to a tape. The drive starts
> > > to show write/read behaviour and then nothing happens for a minute or so
> > > until a large number of SCSI write errors are reported by the kernel.
>
> He (Tom) says that he checked termination. However, that is not easy to check.
> I would first suggest making sure that a) you have active termination, and b)
> you don't have passive termination enabled in one of the internal drives. This
> sounds an aweful lot like a termination problem -- often an improperly
> terminated SCSI bus will work well enough to get the intial INQUIRY info
> across so that it shows up in /proc/scsi/scsi, but not well enough when you're
> trying to send actual bulk data. I have also had similar problems (though not
> so bad) when my SCSI cable was too long and I was not using LVD (Ultra 2),
> which allows long SCSI cables. How long is your SCSI bus?
Well, I thing no lvd devices ever has any internal termination, and the probably
speak at a higher rate than the tape, so I don't think it is a termination issue.
But it is always good to check.
>
> Or it could be a defective ADR50, as Karl said.
>
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Regards,
/Karl
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