Sorry for the long delay on this. I finally have working tape again, got
it fixxed about 3 weeks ago. Upgraded to current as of May 24th and put
the old drive back in. Everything is working correctly again. I'm a bit
scared to change out the tape drive for more testing.
Chris
> On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 12:36:25AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > As Bob Willcox wrote ...
> > > On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 10:26:36PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > > > As Bob Willcox wrote ...
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 08:45:36PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > shipping 8200's (this was right at their end-of-life) was:
> > > > >
> > > > > MX: 2680
> > > > > SV: C034
> > > > >
> > > > > This is for generic models. OEM models may have different versions
> > > > > due to customizations.
> > > >
> > > > And these are not recommended for general use.
> > >
> > > Hmm, why is that? The newest of the IBM branded Exabyte 8200's that I
> >
> > That is what I've been told by an Exabyte engineer years back. I can only
> > guess that some OEMs need adaptations to the firmware behaviour that are
> > incompatible with what the rest of the world needs (or has standardised
> > on, e.g. in the ANSI SCSI standard). Again, guessing.
>
> Well, I can only speak for the IBM OEM'd drives that I have (as a
> retired IBMer, I've been picking them up at their employee surplus
> store here in Austin, TX). For these drives the generic firmware works
> just fine. I can see why Exabyte wouldn't openly recommend the change
> though.
>
> Back in the late 80's, when I was still working for IBM on AIX, I do
> recall that we did have some customizations in the firmware for the
> RS/6K AIX systems. In addition to changing the Inquiry command Vendor
> ID data, I believe there were some functional changes (I don't recall
> the details). I have always suspected that the functional changes are
> likely what made the IBM OEM'd drives fail on FreeBSD! The upgraded
> firmware IBM drives work on both (as "Other SCSI Tape Drive").
>
> >
> > > have have precisely these firmware levels in them (2680 & C034). Also,
> >
> > Mine works OK with that f/w. Not that I use the 8200 often anymore,
> > I like my DLT4000 much better than the 8200. ;-)
>
> I much prefer my Exabyte Mammouth drives as well :-)
>
> (But I do seem to get some fun out of playing with the 8200's I get for
> $10 apiece from the surplus store :-)
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob Willcox The man who follows the crowd will usually get no
> [email protected] further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is
> Austin, TX likely to find himself in places no one has ever
> been. -- Alan Ashley-Pitt
>
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