exabyte tape drive problems

Simon Kenyon (simon@koala.ie)
Mon, 06 Jan 1997 20:08:47 +0000

i have an exabyte tape drive on an adaptec 2940
it used to work under 2.0.x
now under 2.1.15 it tries hard - but after a minute i get an i/o error
lots of whirring and grinding from the drive - but no real action
and ideas?
--
simon
ps i got this message from the kernel


Jan  4 13:44:28 killala kernel: scsi0: Target 5, channel A, refusing
synchronous negotiation; using asynchronous transfers.
Jan  4 13:44:45 killala kernel: scsi0: Target busy, TCL=0x50.
Jan  4 13:44:46 killala kernel: scsi0: Target busy, TCL=0x50.
Jan  4 13:44:46 killala kernel: st0: Error 27070008.