Adaptec 29320ALP-R and tape drive

2009-07-07 Thread Jay Hall
I just installed an Adaptec 29320ALP-R in my FreeBSD 7.2 server. Connected to the card is an HP Ultrium 1/8 G2 tape drive. During the boot sequence, FreeBSD pauses to wait for the SCSI devices to settle. Then, I receive the following message (probe79:ahd0:0:4:0: Probable outgoing LQ CRC

Re: Adaptec 29320ALP-R and tape drive

2009-07-07 Thread Justin T. Gibbs
Go into the card 29320's BIOS and configure your tape drive for non-packetized negotiation. If this works, we can try a few other things in the driver to see if it is possible to get things working in packetized mode. -- Justin Jay Hall wrote: I just installed an Adaptec 29320ALP-R in my

Re: Adaptec 29320ALP-R and tape drive

2009-07-07 Thread Jay Hall
That worked. Would any of the information displayed while booting be helpful at this point? Jay On Jul 7, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: Go into the card 29320's BIOS and configure your tape drive for non- packetized negotiation. If this works, we can try a few other things in

Re: Adaptec 29320ALP-R and tape drive

2009-07-07 Thread Justin T. Gibbs
The pciconf -l line for the controller would be useful. Some other debug data may be useful too, but I'll need to review some code first before I know what more I need. -- Justin Jay Hall wrote: That worked. Would any of the information displayed while booting be helpful at this point?