That is the same sort of conclusion I came to, although I am yet to test it.
what I plan to do is hook up the sony with some other device on the end of
the scsi chain providing termination, my theory is that the termination on
the sony drive is either fscked or picky as you suggest.
Michael Kwasigroch [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Jason,
>
> this might not help you but I'm mailing this to let you (and others) know
> your're not alone...
>
> I have a Sony SDT-7000. I purchased it in an external box to be attached to
> my Adaptec 2940 external connector. I had the exact same problems as you
> describe (tape writes ok but failes on reads). I know of at least another
> guy (he tried with two SDT-7000's) with the same problems.
>
> After months of trying etc. I called Sony support here in Germany - they
> were not very helpful ("We do not support Linux" is what the guy told me)
> but in the end they pointed me to the company doing the harware
> support/maintenance for Sony DAT drives here in Germany - I send the drive
> in for inspection - no use (altough it was free of charge) - the "UNIX
> Installation Guide" Sony provides on their website in PDF-Format did also
> not help - I also tried the "special" st-driver that's available for Sony
> tape drives - no use.
>
> After almost a year of struggling with the drive I decided to put it into
> the cabinet of my box to the end of my internal SCSI chain (the tape
> terminates the bus) - and guess what:
>
> THAT SOLVED MY PROBLEM!!! Now the drive works reliable and fast, no
> problems at all!
>
> It looks to me that:
> o Sony DAT tapes are very picky regarding SCSI bus signals/cabling
> o Sony gives a s**t about Linux support
> o next time I probably buy HP
>
>
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen / best regards
>
> Michael Kwasigroch
> FaxPlus/Open Development
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