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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: SCSI cmd=0x28 Errors
- Message-ID: <ntsgcb4@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 22:37:12 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.055000.5453@bacchus.esa.oz.au> <1992Jul29.125655.29381@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1992Jul29.125655.29381@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> waugh@coos.dartmouth.edu (Jim Waugh) writes:
- | Does anyone know the implication of the following message
- | lines in my 4D/80GT's /usr/adm/SYSLOG file? (4.0.1 IRIX)
- |
- | Jul 28 14:57:06 iris1 unix: sc0,1,0: cmd=0x28 timeout after 30 sec.
- | Resetting SCSI bus
- | Jul 28 14:57:09 iris1 unix: dks0d1s6: retrying request
- |
- | What does cmd=0x28 signify? The messages generally appear when
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- 0x28 is an extended read command (the normal read command for the
- disk driver).
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- | disk-to-tape activity is performed, e.g. bru backups, tar tape archive
- | creations, etc. The tape drive has been repeatedly cleaned, and no
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- You either have firmware problems on the tape drive, cabling problems,
- missing or extra termination, or the like.
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- | other abnormalities have been observed, like users complaining of
- | corrupted files, etc. (If I redirect the output of bru/tar to
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- Lots of SCSI bus resets could do that.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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