Subject: Re: argh, spoke too soon
To: Marshall Midden <m4@unet.umn.edu>
From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/26/1996 16:44:21
If my Exabyte 8200 is like other 8200 machines, then, it does not disconnect during its
operations and things wait for it to complete. I believe this tape drive
was an 8200 (until the 4MM switch?) was it not?
-Brian
On Feb 26, 1:28pm, Jason Thorpe wrote:
} Subject: Re: argh, spoke too soon
} On Mon, 26 Feb 1996 14:09:09 -0600
} "Marshall Midden" <m4@unet.umn.edu> wrote:
}
} > I was doing a "mt /dev/rst0 offline", and an ls hung on the disks
} > that are concatenated... .
} >
} > ps output:
} > 422 0.0 0.4 252 140 co D+ 2:04PM 0:01.43 ls -F 93_08 93_09 93_10 93_11 93_12
}
} If your tape drive is on the same SCSI controller, and doesn't disconnect
} during the rewind, then, yes, the SCSI bus will come grinding to a halt.
} Once the tape operation is complete, then the other SCSI devices will be
} able to get at the SCSI bus again.
}
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