On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:54:13AM -0700, Knut E. Meidal wrote:
> I am reinstalling a machine, Dell PowerEdge600c which is to become a new
> Bacula server.
> I am having errors with the aic7xxx driver, both the new and old, using
> a host of different Linux distros, and kernels.
> (Most recent error: "(scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 0 not valid during
> SELTO"
> I have tried several different cards, many different cables and many
> different tape drives, libraries and terminators. All unsuccessful.
> Does anyone have suggestions for a solid combination of Linux distros,
> kernel rev etc that I can try?
>
> I have so far tried:
> Gentoo with homebaked kernels in the 2.6.8 to 11 range
> Debian 3.01 Sarge, both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels aic7xxx and aic7xxx_old both
> static and modules
> Ubuntu Linux(essentially Debian) with 2.6 kernels, stock and homebuilt
> SuSE 9.3 with no customization
>
> The irritating part is that this setup worked fine with Windows 2000
> Server and tape drives...
>
> I am seeing lots of discussions about the aic driver in Linux, can
> anyone confirm it is possible to get scsi tapes working on adaptec
> 29160?
yeah, the aic7xxx situation looks pretty bad...
i've got a redhat7.3 (with most of the redhat updates) on a pentium4/1.8
with a 29160LP (a 29160B chip with the vhd connector), and a 2940u2w,
and a buslogic 946c (ancient, 50HD connector) all running
tape drives, simultaneously. problems occur only if the scsi bus
hangs up (which typically happen only if/when the drive hangs up
and the error recovery doesn't happen within the bus timeout window).
the reset procedure in that case is to rmmod then modprobe the aic7xxx
module. other than that, no other problems that i encountered.
i've got a pranged 29160 non-LP ("low profile" -- no internal connector)
card that needs some soldering work, and if my lab techs ever get
around to fixing it, i'll be testing that, too.
knoppix 3.9 also runs on this kit.
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