> >This sounds suspiciously like either bad hardware or a bad SCSI > > chain. Are you sure everything is terminated properly? How's your > > cable length? Does it work on another machine or with a different > > SCSI card? What color was the goat?
The tape drive was recently replaced, but I'd hate to replace it again... > > That driver has been undergoing some work from what I see in the > kernels ChangeLog (I don't use it myself, my card is an advansys, > bulletproof) and if he has the aic7xxx.old driver available, maybe he > should give that one a try. My kernel is 2.4.21, and I don't recall > if both drivers are still available or not. That would be my next > suggestion, that he move on up to a newer kernel, thereby getting the > latest code. Actually, I've narrowed it down to just having to rm/insmod the sg driver only, between every call. :P > And since this is scsi we're talking about here, the goat must be pure > white and a virgin. Not to mention that in a scsi setup, the last > device on the cable must be on the last plug on the cable. A few > inches of open cable past the device will make nearly all bets > instant losers. Then of course it doesn't matter what color the goat > was, the spell is broken... :) Damn. I've got a funky polkadotted goat, and I don't think its a virgin. Must I really obtain a new one? SCSI setup is very basic. One aic7000 card, one tape drive with termination. ;] Russell
