Re: Zip Drives & all that malarkey

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Here`s the kind of stuff (there are usually pages of this..) that
appears in /var/log/messages:

 This is what was happening before, and there is no change.

Mar 21 12:23:44 shaitan kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector
36824 
Mar 21 12:23:44 shaitan kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6
lun 0 return code = 27010000 
Mar 21 12:23:44 shaitan kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector
36826 
Mar 21 12:23:44 shaitan kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6
lun 0 return code = 27010000 
Mar 21 12:23:44 shaitan kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector
36828 
Mar 21 12:23:44 shaitan kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6
lun 0 return code = 27010000 
Mar 21 12:23:44 shaitan kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector
36830


Alex Hudson wrote:
> 
> >  Right.
> >
> >  Got a replacement zip drive sent to me from Iomega, and I`m still
> > getting loads of I/O errors.
> >
> >  Suggestions for what to try next?
> 
> Check the parallel port - eliminate stuff one by one, until you fix the
> problem, then you know what's bust. It's not running in a 7-bit mode or
> something odd like that, is it? Have you checked /var/log/messages for stuff
> that might help as well?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
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