I'm having nothing but troubles with my SCSI Tape drives. PLEASE HELP!!! I lost one server because a drive failed and I couldn't backup the drive. This is the error I get when I try to tar to the drives. gatekeeper:/ # tar -cvf /dev/st1 ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/lost+found/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090265.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090267.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090268.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/descriptions/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/comments/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/P1090265.jpg tar: /dev/st1: Cannot write: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Here is my configuration: SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional ASUS P5A Super Socket 7 Motherboard AMD K6-2 500MHz 256MB PC133 SDRAM WD 100GB EDIE Quantum 20GB EIDE ASUS 40X EIDE CDROM ASUS SC875 NCR 53c875 controllerd PCI SCSI Card Sony SDT-5200 DDS2 SCSI Tape Drive IBM Branded Seagate Python DDS3 SCSI Tape Drive 3Com 3C590 10BaseT NIC D-Link DE-220P PnP ISA NIC Everything works great except for the SCSI tapes, everything is also seen too. Here is the details from proc. gatekeeper:/ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-5200 Rev: 3.30 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 743B Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 The SCSI card is auto terminating, so I have removed the Power Term and Termination off of both drives, since they are on the same cable. Thank you in advance for any help that you can offer me! Don -- http://slovakia.homeip.net
Make sure you do a complete power off of everything first before you do anything to your SCSI devices. Terminate both ends of the SCSI bus. The controller card is one end and you have it auto-terminated. You must terminate the other end of your SCSI cable either on the last device or beyond the last device at the end of the SCSI cable opposite the SCSI controller. Put your power terminator back on the end of the SCSI cable, leave your devices unterminated. Are these internal or external SCSI devices; controller, tape drives, etc? Are all devices on the same SCSI bus? Stan Donald Polak wrote:
I'm having nothing but troubles with my SCSI Tape drives. PLEASE HELP!!! I lost one server because a drive failed and I couldn't backup the drive.
This is the error I get when I try to tar to the drives.
gatekeeper:/ # tar -cvf /dev/st1 ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/lost+found/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090265.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090267.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090268.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/descriptions/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/comments/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/P1090265.jpg tar: /dev/st1: Cannot write: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Here is my configuration: SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional ASUS P5A Super Socket 7 Motherboard AMD K6-2 500MHz 256MB PC133 SDRAM WD 100GB EDIE Quantum 20GB EIDE ASUS 40X EIDE CDROM ASUS SC875 NCR 53c875 controllerd PCI SCSI Card Sony SDT-5200 DDS2 SCSI Tape Drive IBM Branded Seagate Python DDS3 SCSI Tape Drive 3Com 3C590 10BaseT NIC D-Link DE-220P PnP ISA NIC
Everything works great except for the SCSI tapes, everything is also seen too. Here is the details from proc.
gatekeeper:/ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-5200 Rev: 3.30 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 743B Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
The SCSI card is auto terminating, so I have removed the Power Term and Termination off of both drives, since they are on the same cable.
Thank you in advance for any help that you can offer me!
Don
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From: "SRGlasoe"
Make sure you do a complete power off of everything first before you do anything to your SCSI devices.
Terminate both ends of the SCSI bus. The controller card is one end and you have it auto-terminated. You must terminate the other end of your SCSI cable either on the last device or beyond the last device at the end of the SCSI cable opposite the SCSI controller. Put your power terminator back on the end of the SCSI cable, leave your devices unterminated.
Are these internal or external SCSI devices; controller, tape drives, etc? Are all devices on the same SCSI bus?
Stan
Donald Polak wrote:
I'm having nothing but troubles with my SCSI Tape drives. PLEASE HELP!!! I lost one server because a drive failed and I couldn't backup the drive.
This is the error I get when I try to tar to the drives.
gatekeeper:/ # tar -cvf /dev/st1 ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/lost+found/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090265.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090267.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090268.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/descriptions/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/comments/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/P1090265.jpg tar: /dev/st1: Cannot write: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Here is my configuration: SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional ASUS P5A Super Socket 7 Motherboard AMD K6-2 500MHz 256MB PC133 SDRAM WD 100GB EDIE Quantum 20GB EIDE ASUS 40X EIDE CDROM ASUS SC875 NCR 53c875 controllerd PCI SCSI Card Sony SDT-5200 DDS2 SCSI Tape Drive IBM Branded Seagate Python DDS3 SCSI Tape Drive 3Com 3C590 10BaseT NIC D-Link DE-220P PnP ISA NIC
Everything works great except for the SCSI tapes, everything is also seen too. Here is the details from proc.
gatekeeper:/ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-5200 Rev: 3.30 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 743B Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
The SCSI card is auto terminating, so I have removed the Power Term and Termination off of both drives, since they are on the same cable.
Thank you in advance for any help that you can offer me!
Don
Did you enable writing on the SCSI devices /dev/sgx and /dev/sgy (sg1 and sg2 I suppose with your configuration) ? Catimimi.
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These are internal, I do not have a separate terminator, but the drives have the ability to terminate themselves. I apologize for the green question, but what is Power Terminate? Don SRGlasoe wrote:
Make sure you do a complete power off of everything first before you do anything to your SCSI devices.
Terminate both ends of the SCSI bus. The controller card is one end and you have it auto-terminated. You must terminate the other end of your SCSI cable either on the last device or beyond the last device at the end of the SCSI cable opposite the SCSI controller. Put your power terminator back on the end of the SCSI cable, leave your devices unterminated.
Are these internal or external SCSI devices; controller, tape drives, etc? Are all devices on the same SCSI bus?
Stan
Donald Polak wrote:
I'm having nothing but troubles with my SCSI Tape drives. PLEASE HELP!!! I lost one server because a drive failed and I couldn't backup the drive.
This is the error I get when I try to tar to the drives.
gatekeeper:/ # tar -cvf /dev/st1 ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/lost+found/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090265.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090267.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090268.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/descriptions/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/comments/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/P1090265.jpg tar: /dev/st1: Cannot write: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Here is my configuration: SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional ASUS P5A Super Socket 7 Motherboard AMD K6-2 500MHz 256MB PC133 SDRAM WD 100GB EDIE Quantum 20GB EIDE ASUS 40X EIDE CDROM ASUS SC875 NCR 53c875 controllerd PCI SCSI Card Sony SDT-5200 DDS2 SCSI Tape Drive IBM Branded Seagate Python DDS3 SCSI Tape Drive 3Com 3C590 10BaseT NIC D-Link DE-220P PnP ISA NIC
Everything works great except for the SCSI tapes, everything is also seen too. Here is the details from proc.
gatekeeper:/ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-5200 Rev: 3.30 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 743B Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
The SCSI card is auto terminating, so I have removed the Power Term and Termination off of both drives, since they are on the same cable.
Thank you in advance for any help that you can offer me!
Don
In continuation to my previous problem, I have tried only having one tape drive installed at a time, and I have switched from TAR to CPIO. I have a feeling that SuSE 8.0 is not picking up the proper settings, I get Found end of tape. To continue, type devices/file name to continue. Should I try another SCSI controller? Any suggestions are welcome. Donald Polak wrote:
These are internal, I do not have a separate terminator, but the drives have the ability to terminate themselves. I apologize for the green question, but what is Power Terminate?
Don
SRGlasoe wrote:
Make sure you do a complete power off of everything first before you do anything to your SCSI devices.
Terminate both ends of the SCSI bus. The controller card is one end and you have it auto-terminated. You must terminate the other end of your SCSI cable either on the last device or beyond the last device at the end of the SCSI cable opposite the SCSI controller. Put your power terminator back on the end of the SCSI cable, leave your devices unterminated.
Are these internal or external SCSI devices; controller, tape drives, etc? Are all devices on the same SCSI bus?
Stan
Donald Polak wrote:
I'm having nothing but troubles with my SCSI Tape drives. PLEASE HELP!!! I lost one server because a drive failed and I couldn't backup the drive.
This is the error I get when I try to tar to the drives.
gatekeeper:/ # tar -cvf /dev/st1 ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/lost+found/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090265.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090267.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/640/P1090268.jpg ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/descriptions/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/comments/ ./usr/local/httpd/htdocs/photo/Birthdays/Dad/2001/P1090265.jpg tar: /dev/st1: Cannot write: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Here is my configuration: SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional ASUS P5A Super Socket 7 Motherboard AMD K6-2 500MHz 256MB PC133 SDRAM WD 100GB EDIE Quantum 20GB EIDE ASUS 40X EIDE CDROM ASUS SC875 NCR 53c875 controllerd PCI SCSI Card Sony SDT-5200 DDS2 SCSI Tape Drive IBM Branded Seagate Python DDS3 SCSI Tape Drive 3Com 3C590 10BaseT NIC D-Link DE-220P PnP ISA NIC
Everything works great except for the SCSI tapes, everything is also seen too. Here is the details from proc.
gatekeeper:/ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-5200 Rev: 3.30 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 743B Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
The SCSI card is auto terminating, so I have removed the Power Term and Termination off of both drives, since they are on the same cable.
Thank you in advance for any help that you can offer me!
Don
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On Monday 09 December 2002 7:11 am, Donald Polak wrote:
In continuation to my previous problem, I have tried only having one tape drive installed at a time, and I have switched from TAR to CPIO.
I have a feeling that SuSE 8.0 is not picking up the proper settings, I get Found end of tape. To continue, type devices/file name to continue.
Should I try another SCSI controller? Any suggestions are welcome.
I do fine with Adaptec controllers and Sony tape drives. A 2906 controller is about $50US. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 12/09/02 09:24 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "If the auto industry had done what the computer industry has done in the past 30 years, a Rolls Royce would cost $2.50 and would get 2,000,000 miles per gallon."
I've got a 2940, I will try, I've notices that the drives are not showing up properly, DDS instead of DDS2, and no compression, etc. Is there a way to force that? Don Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Monday 09 December 2002 7:11 am, Donald Polak wrote:
In continuation to my previous problem, I have tried only having one tape drive installed at a time, and I have switched from TAR to CPIO.
I have a feeling that SuSE 8.0 is not picking up the proper settings, I get Found end of tape. To continue, type devices/file name to continue.
Should I try another SCSI controller? Any suggestions are welcome.
I do fine with Adaptec controllers and Sony tape drives. A 2906 controller is about $50US.
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On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:30 am, Donald Polak wrote:
I've got a 2940, I will try, I've notices that the drives are not showing up properly, DDS instead of DDS2, and no compression, etc. Is there a way to force that?
Just a thought have you tried different tapes and brands of tapes. In the past I have had problems with tapes that give you similiar results to the problem you posted where they refuse to record. This is especially true if they have been used in another tape drive for some reason. It appears to be more to do with the tape than the drive, as I quite often use tape to transfer data between work and home. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
They are all new or used in that drive before, but under a different format. I'll try the one tape that worked before to see what it says. Don Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:30 am, Donald Polak wrote:
I've got a 2940, I will try, I've notices that the drives are not showing up properly, DDS instead of DDS2, and no compression, etc. Is there a way to force that?
Just a thought have you tried different tapes and brands of tapes. In the past I have had problems with tapes that give you similiar results to the problem you posted where they refuse to record. This is especially true if they have been used in another tape drive for some reason.
It appears to be more to do with the tape than the drive, as I quite often use tape to transfer data between work and home.
-- Regards,
Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
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On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:54 am, Donald Polak wrote:
They are all new or used in that drive before, but under a different format. I'll try the one tape that worked before to see what it says.
Don
What does mt -f <dev> status return? (subsitute <dev> with the tape device on mine it is /dev/st0 ) Also have you tried reading a tape? -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 04:51 am, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:54 am, Donald Polak wrote:
They are all new or used in that drive before, but under a different format. I'll try the one tape that worked before to see what it says.
Don
What does mt -f <dev> status return? (subsitute <dev> with the tape device on mine it is /dev/st0 )
Also have you tried reading a tape?
Another thought, have you tried running 'rescan-scsi-bus.sh' Occassionally I have found that the drive is not detected on the Bus on boot-up. The above command comes with the scsi utilities if you don't find it installed. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
Well, I managed to get the SDT-5200 working, and found out it's only a 4GB drive with no compression (swore I read it was DDS-2 8GB). The 24GB Seagate is useless. NO GO. I had to replace it with a 8GB Seagate, and it works fine. The problem seems to be the ASUS SC-875 controller, and the Seagate 24GB Python. The Adaptec 2490 works, and now so do the other drives. I want to thank everyone for their help. If ANYONE figures out how to make a Seagate STD224000N (PYTHON 04106-XXX) drive work with Linux, e-mail me. Regards, Don Polak Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 04:51 am, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:54 am, Donald Polak wrote:
They are all new or used in that drive before, but under a different format. I'll try the one tape that worked before to see what it says.
Don
What does mt -f <dev> status return? (subsitute <dev> with the tape device on mine it is /dev/st0 )
Also have you tried reading a tape?
Another thought, have you tried running 'rescan-scsi-bus.sh' Occassionally I have found that the drive is not detected on the Bus on boot-up. The above command comes with the scsi utilities if you don't find it installed.
-- Regards,
Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
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One more point of info.... (ok, two) 1) The original problem you reported is not unusual for a device that has written off the end of the tape. 2) I use bru for tape backup ( www.tollisgroup.com ) and they have it noted on their website that kernel 2.4.19 misses the EOT indicator on some scsi devices and its not the hardware fault. On Monday 09 December 2002 04:41 pm, Donald Polak wrote:
Well, I managed to get the SDT-5200 working, and found out it's only a 4GB drive with no compression (swore I read it was DDS-2 8GB). The 24GB Seagate is useless. NO GO. I had to replace it with a 8GB Seagate, and it works fine.
The problem seems to be the ASUS SC-875 controller, and the Seagate 24GB Python. The Adaptec 2490 works, and now so do the other drives.
I want to thank everyone for their help. If ANYONE figures out how to make a Seagate STD224000N (PYTHON 04106-XXX) drive work with Linux, e-mail me.
Regards,
Don Polak
Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 04:51 am, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:54 am, Donald Polak wrote:
They are all new or used in that drive before, but under a different format. I'll try the one tape that worked before to see what it says.
Don
What does mt -f <dev> status return? (subsitute <dev> with the tape device on mine it is /dev/st0 )
Also have you tried reading a tape?
Another thought, have you tried running 'rescan-scsi-bus.sh' Occassionally I have found that the drive is not detected on the Bus on boot-up. The above command comes with the scsi utilities if you don't find it installed.
-- Regards,
Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
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I will look into it further. It could be that the system is missing the EOT. The Python 24GB goes back and forth, back and forth, but data is never sent to it. The SCSI card doesn't even light up. I will look at BRU, and keep the drive aside, maybe 8.2 will be compatible with it. Thanx again! Don John Andersen wrote:
One more point of info.... (ok, two)
1) The original problem you reported is not unusual for a device that has written off the end of the tape.
2) I use bru for tape backup ( www.tollisgroup.com ) and they have it noted on their website that kernel 2.4.19 misses the EOT indicator on some scsi devices and its not the hardware fault.
On Monday 09 December 2002 04:41 pm, Donald Polak wrote:
Well, I managed to get the SDT-5200 working, and found out it's only a 4GB drive with no compression (swore I read it was DDS-2 8GB). The 24GB Seagate is useless. NO GO. I had to replace it with a 8GB Seagate, and it works fine.
The problem seems to be the ASUS SC-875 controller, and the Seagate 24GB Python. The Adaptec 2490 works, and now so do the other drives.
I want to thank everyone for their help. If ANYONE figures out how to make a Seagate STD224000N (PYTHON 04106-XXX) drive work with Linux, e-mail me.
Regards,
Don Polak
Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 04:51 am, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:54 am, Donald Polak wrote:
They are all new or used in that drive before, but under a different format. I'll try the one tape that worked before to see what it says.
Don
What does mt -f <dev> status return? (subsitute <dev> with the tape device on mine it is /dev/st0 )
Also have you tried reading a tape?
Another thought, have you tried running 'rescan-scsi-bus.sh' Occassionally I have found that the drive is not detected on the Bus on boot-up. The above command comes with the scsi utilities if you don't find it installed.
-- Regards,
Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
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You _may_ have a separate terminator for the device end of your SCSI cable. If you _do not_ have a separate terminator then you _must_ have your tape device terminated at the end of your SCSI cable. Your SCSI controller will also terminate it's end of the SCSI cable. If you _do_ have a separate terminator make sure that is at the end of your SCSI cable past the last device and leave your tape drive unterminated. I misunderstood what you meant by "Power Term" and "Termination" in your first post. You may need to enable "Power Term" on your SCSI tape drive but leave "Termination" disabled. Starting in the Ultra Wide SCSI days, termination became even more critical due to shortened cable lengths and noise on the SCSI cables. Providing power to the termination lines helped make the SCSI signals more reliable from end-to-end. Termination is absolutely required at both ends of a SCSI bus. Stan Donald Polak wrote:
These are internal, I do not have a separate terminator, but the drives have the ability to terminate themselves. I apologize for the green question, but what is Power Terminate?
Don
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