On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, Richard Mann managed to scribble:
::
:: I don't have your same hardware, but some thoughts
:: anyway.
::
:: 1. Does the hardware work under a different OS?,
:: or alternatively,
It's a dual-boot machine, and the drive doesn't work under WIndows either.
:: a. has the tape drive been verified on
:: another machine?, and
No. I guess that's the next logical step.
:: b. has the scsi adapter been verified on
:: another machine?
No. It's brand new too.
::
:: 2. What commands do you use to write and (try to) read?
A variety of tar, cpio, afio commands have been tried. I tried all
of the suggested commands.
::
:: 3. Does this drive have data compression? Can that
:: be avoided for testing?
I don't think there is inherent data compression. I intended to
use the z option with tar.
::
:: 4. How long is the SCSI cabling all told?
Just an internal cable. Two connectors with the drive on the
furthest from the card end.
::
:: 5. What kernel are you running? At one time I had
:: 1.2.13, and I could not get the adaptec scsi working
:: right with the driver for that kernel.
2.0.33
::
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::
::On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Victoria Stanfield wrote:
::
::> If anyone has successfully configured a scsi Tapestor 4/8GB tape
::> on an Adaptec card, I could use some configuration information.
::> I made sure the settings on the drive were default (enable parity
::> checking, enable active termination, and enable termination power).
::> I tried to set the Adaptec up to match these settings, but I get
::> I/O errors when I try to read from the tape. All seems right when
::> I write to the tape, but I can't read it. Any help would be
::> appreciated beyond understanding.
::>
Thanks.
Have a good day!
-Vicki
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