Problems with DLT tape drive.
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Thank you Doug.
I did what you sugessted and it works fine. I will reconfigure my scsi busses so that all the 25 pin scsi devices are on the same controller with no other devices.
I suppose the reason I was having problems is that there is no termination on the pins that arn't used in the 25 pin cables. Should have thought of that myself!
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For testing purposes you could install a terminator on the tape drive, leaving the scanner and zip drive disconnected long enough to reboot the machine and try a backup. The SCSI bus layout you list is somewhat questionable as far as reliability is concerned, and this test should eliminate a lot of the possible variances that could result in bus errors. Another option is to configure the BIOS on the 2930 card to only allow async transfers to the tape drive. That can help with bus errors on questionable busses.
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