>   I've met a problem concerning about Adaptec 1542C with Exabyte 8200.
> When I use dd to extract data from tape, it responses SCSI timeout and
> cause vm panic, then hang there.  Only a cold boot can reboot the machine.
> It doesn't happen on another 1542B with the same tape drive.  The kernel
> is built from yesterday's source.  The machine is a 486DX2-66 with 16Mb
> DRAM.  There are Maxtor 7345S, Fujitsu M2694E, NEC CDR-210 and Exb-8200
> on the same SCSI bus.  All these devices are SCSI1 detected by the
> kernel.

Make sure Termination is ok, and use a 1542CF.  My EXB8200 works nice,
but due to braindamaged st.c putting drive type 0x7 for some dubios 
reason (ultrix compat), mt status is not working for any kind of
SCSI-tape.  

Cheers
	Oskar

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