whooaaa, it worked. It seems that the termination on my sony SDT9000 is rat
sh%$t. So there you go, anyone else with problems with sony tape drives,
this could be your answer.
Jason Thomas [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> 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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> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
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