Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:20:43 -0400 (EDT) | From | Christopher Gill <> | Subject | SCSI solutions |
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Hello all. I'm new to the kernel list, but I this is the only place I can think of that can help me with my problems. I've searched the net to no avail.
I'm running a RedHat 6.0 system with a hand-rolled 2.2.3 smp kernel, on a Tyan S1564D motherboard with dual Pentium 233MMX processors and 4 32Mb EDO SIMM modules. My problem reolves around my STT8000N SCSI, Travan-4 tape drive. When I attempt to run a backup (regular tar, with or without compression), at a varialbe point, the tape backup fails. The kernel proceeds to try to reset the SCSI device, which fails, aborts, and then panics, puking up most of my filesystem with it. Needless to say, this annoys me.
The tape drive is connected to an Adaptec 1542CP SCSI card, along with a Seagate ST31230N hard drive (1Gb). The system doesn't give me any problems, as long as I'm not accessing the tape. The tape fails at an arbirary point that I can't decipher. It doesn't seem to be base don running time, or block written. I've tried several different tape cartiges, all to the same effect.
I've been told by some of the other people that the kernel has particular problem exiting gracefully from SCSI errors. Is this a correctable problem? Is there a patch, or is this just a chronic problem? An Adaptec problem? I'm not much of a C programmer, but I'd be excited to work with somebody to help fix this problem.
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