Subject: Re: Adaptec 1742 Problems with -current 16. July
To: "Chris G. Demetriou" <cgd@alpha.bostic.com>
From: J.T. Conklin <jtc@cygnus.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/29/1994 10:33:06
> > I upgraded my EISA Box from an AHA1542 to an 1742 and
> > consequently use now the ahb-driver. Now I cannot use my
> > Exabyte anymore. I probes incorrect as drive empty, and read
> > or write attempts fail sometimes, often I get 0 bytes with no error
> > when there is definitely data on the tape. The same configuraton
> > worked with the 1542 with no flaws.
>
> Hmm. I've never tried the 1742 with an exabyte, but i know it works
> fine on, e.g. the DAT on sun-lamp...
>
> I could believe it doesn't work -- Exabytes are weird...
Several people have mentioned problems with Exabytes & 1742's, there
was even a PR on it. Unfortunately, I was never able to reproduce the
problem with the Exabyte drive I sometimes borrowed from Kaleida.
I'm sorry I can't be of more help,
--jtc
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