On Monday 08 March 2010, rory_f wrote:
>[quote="Gene Heskett"]On Monday 08 March 2010, rory_f wrote:
>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>>
>> In your case, two things. Is it the last drive on the cable?, and is it
>> terminated properly? And I would certainly check the 5 volt line of the
>> host computer to see if its sagging in its old age. 4.85 volts won't
>> cause the host to reset itself, but it does put the noise margin of a
>> scsi buss in danger. You need every millivolt you can get there.
>
>It is setup as such:
>
>Overland tape library, drive inside it. Drive connects to library via one
> cable, then another cable connects to scsi card in linux machine - It has
> been setup like this for a couple of years now.
>
>It could very well be the cable degrading, or the card in the linux
> machine. That is something I am yet to check. Our other drive is being
> replaced today (For a NEW ibm lto 3 drive) so hopefully i can test that
> one - if i get th same issues ,we can say it is something else other than
> the drives.
>
>I'll let you all know what i find.
>
>Thanks.
>
Please do. It could be something I missed, or it could be a brand new
phenomenon to file away in my trivia file.
--
Cheers, Gene
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