King wrote:

Hi,

Was wondering if someone could give me some pointers on repairing a tape
backup unit (Sony DDS3 - SCSI).
I have looked on the internet but not found anything.

The unit does not seem to allow read/write (get a scsi device error in Unix
when try to use it) - Note that this was a working device for two years and
only recently stopped working.

In actuallity I have two of these units and both are doing the exact same
thing (They are the same age. One was installed on an NT box, and the other
a SCO unix box)

I would really like to get these working.


Thanks

If both of these units started acting up at the same time, it strikes me as
being rather unlikely that they've both failed. Maybe you're looking at a
problem with the host adapter or cabling?