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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 08:31:32 -0700
From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
To: Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@datawire.net>,
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Subject: Re: [2.5.61][SCSI][AIC7xxx] Problems with Tape driver
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> While attempting to cpio extract data from the tape I got this in the logs. Is 
> this due to corrupt data on tape or the tape driver having a fit? ;-)
> 
> We are the following SCSI card and tape drive:

...

> Problems below:
> ==========
> st0: Error with sense data: Info fld=0x4, Current stst0: sense = f0  4
> ASC=40 ASCQ=81

The sense code translate into:
  Hardware Failure, Diagnostic failure: ASCQ = Component ID

In otherwords some component on the tape drive is failing diagnostics.
This is the likely cause of the other timeouts you reported.

--
Justin

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