Hi Olivier and Jon, > > > > Hi, > > > > Are the tape new? > > > > Did you try different tape? > > > > Did you try to write to the tape "by hand": tar cf /dev/st0 ... > > > > I see that your SCSI card is Ultra 160 but your tape drive is only > > fast wide, do you have any disk pluged in that SCSI interface? It > > should work, but who knows, if you can (have 2 SCSI interface) > > separate fast disks, from slow tape. > > > The SCSI cards I've used will just go the speed of the slowest device. So if you have a 15K RPM Drive and a backup tape drive attached. The tape drive is going to make that hard drive lag.
The hard drive is a SATA drive so only the tape drive is attached to the the SCSI card. > > > So i'm finally left with the proverbial question: is it hardware or > > > software? > > The log messages don't sound like software to me, > except maybe the scsi driver. > > Continuing Oliver's train > > > > The tape drive is a few years old the rest of the hardware is brand new. > > I'd guess the SCSI terminator was left on the tape drive from the old > configuration. Is a fast/wide terminator appropriate for the current > Ultra 160 configuration? > > Time to sacrifice a goat to the scsi gods and check all the cables, > terminators, board seatings & settings, and driver & firmware updates. > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) I'll try sending some data direct, as i can do that from my office. >From what you have both said re: the different SCSI types. I think I remember the onsite tech used the old cable. I'll most likely need to schedule a visit and check the cables and terminator. Thanks for the pointers. ram. --- ram smith, systems manager tilda communications a division of software holdings pty ltd p (02) 9280 0258 f (02) 9280 0259 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] w http://www.tilda.com.au level 1, 10 grafton st chippendale nsw 2008
