Re: Help! Tape drive resets the server!

2008-08-29 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Aug 27, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Kirk Strauser wrote: Occasionally, whenever I open sa0 for reading (typically when Amanda starts flushing backups to tape), the system resets. In summary: RAM issues. Apparently I have to boost the RAM from 1.8V to 2.1V, or so says its manufacturer. Got my

Re: Help! Tape drive resets the server!

2008-08-28 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Wednesday 27 August 2008 14:53:44 Tyson Boellstorff wrote: 3) Yes, it's possible that your drive is doing this, but more likely you have a bent pin/short somewhere causing the scsi bus to reset, and your kernel isn't handling this nicely. Check your pins. They bend easy, but a mechanical

Help! Tape drive resets the server!

2008-08-27 Thread Kirk Strauser
I have a Seagate DDS-4 tape drive: sa0 at sym0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0 sa0: SEAGATE DAT9SP40-000 912L Removable Sequential Access SCSI-3 device sa0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 16, 16bit) It's attached to a Tekram DC390F SCSI card: sym0: 875 port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem

Re: Help! Tape drive resets the server!

2008-08-27 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Kirk Strauser wrote: Occasionally, whenever I open sa0 for reading (typically when Amanda starts flushing backups to tape), the system resets. I don't mean that the kernel panics or anything; I mean that within a second or two I'm looking at a POST

Re: Help! Tape drive resets the server!

2008-08-27 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Wednesday 27 August 2008 12:16:33 Chuck Swiger wrote: That type of behavior might indicate a problem with the power supply; if you've replaced that already, I'm not sure what else to say other than to be be sure you've got a decent model which is adequately spec'ed out for the number of

Re: Help! Tape drive resets the server!

2008-08-27 Thread Tyson Boellstorff
On Wednesday 27 August 2008 10:22:52 Kirk Strauser wrote: I have a Seagate DDS-4 tape drive: sa0 at sym0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0 sa0: SEAGATE DAT9SP40-000 912L Removable Sequential Access SCSI-3 device sa0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 16, 16bit) It's attached to a Tekram DC390F