> A number of times my SCSI bus hangs when I issue
> a recording command via cdrecord (linux 2.2.16-3 Red Hat 6.2).
> The error messages report "bad target : device not responding" and the
> command is aborted due to time out. Could this unwanted
> feature be softened by changing the sg driver complie option
> SG_DEFAULT_RETRIES (=1 as a default)?
> Thanks a lot for any input
The best solution is to check the device number to be sure you point
to the right device, and to fix the device if it's broken. The chances
of lasting happiness forcing retries is about as good as patching the
kernel to ignore error status. It gets rid of the symptom rather than
the problem.
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"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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