> OK, you've definitely got a sick SCSI chain. It's time to start doing the > hardware shuffle. Swap out the SCSI card and/or try the tape drive on an > entirely different machine. > > Is there anything else on the chain the tape drive? Try taking it off > (make sure you're still properly terminated). > > Something, somewhere, has decided to die. Find it and your problems > should go away. > > Good luck.
And as it turns out, I'm an idiot. I had put on the end of the chain a DDS2 drive. Of course, this can't go on the chain since it runs a narrow scsi connection. So, the DDS2 terminator was only terminating half the pins on the chain. haha! So, once I removed it, everything was better. I had thought this might be the problem, but I was hesitant because the backup failed the day before I had put on the new tape device as well. But, lo and behold, it must have been purely a coincidence, because everything works okay now. Thanks again for all of your help! -Chris
