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.
> 
> -
> Jon
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Perhaps it might be the SCSI Cable itself, I was getting I/O errors on
brand new UW drives and the last thing I did after trying to figure out
what was wrong, was changed the cable with another set and it
stopped.  Just my two cents on a suggestion.

David