> 
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Jon Lindgren wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Gerald C. Simmons wrote:
> > 
> > > Does anyone have experience with the Adaptec 2940 controller??
> > > 
> > > Everything appears to be probing and connecting fine, but when I try and write
> > > a tape using the Archive tape drive, it writes merrily along for awhile
> > > (several megabytes,) then gets an I/O error.
> > > 
> > > I've tried tar'ing with /dev/rst0 and /dev/nrst0, no difference.
> > > 
> > > I'm suspecting some kind up timing setup problem with the configuration on the
> > > Adaptec 2940 - not NetBSD, but the configuration you set when the BIOS starts
> > > the card - <CTRL-A> to enter.
> > 
> > I've never had a problem with a release of NetBSD (1.4.x or 1.5) with the
> > 2940s, but I have had flakey drives cause problems.  It may need an entry
> > in the quirks table...
> > 
> > Can you post the errors that you get?  It may be anything from a strange
> > device to a bad device to a bad tape... have you tried different
> > media?  Perhaps a different drive (if one is available)?  If not, the
> > errors may help diagnose the problem.
> 
> Yes, I have tried different tapes. No other drive avail. to try.
> 
> Here ya go!
> 
> /var/log/messages
> Apr 11 16:03:08 dakkon /netbsd: st0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <ARCHIVE, VIPER 150  21531, -004> SCSI
> 1 1/sequential removable
> 
> Apr 12 08:57:36 dakkon /netbsd: st0: bad request, must be multiple of 512
> 
>     <Does this mean I have to specify something with blocking???>
> 
> simmons@darykon[28]% tar cvzf /dev/nrst0
			     ^ This gives variable block length on output, the
			       streamer accepts writes with a length of n*512 (fixed blocks).
> ...
> NetBSD-1.0/usr.local/local.bin.ak.tar.gz
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/CKSUMS
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/README
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_00
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_01
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_02
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_03
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_04
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_05
> NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_06
> NetBSD-1.0/com/
> NetBSD-1.0/com/com.c.9a
> NetBSD-1.0/com/com.patch
> NetBSD-1.0/com/com.patch.2
> NetBSD-1.0/com/compatch
> NetBSD-1.0/security/
> NetBSD-1.0/security/CKSUMS
> NetBSD-1.0/security/README.export-control
> NetBSD-1.0/security/secr10.aa
> simmons@dakkon[29]% tar (child): can't write to /dev/nrst0 : Input/output error
> 
> Gerry Simmons
> gerry@darykon.cet.com
> 
> 
> 


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