I've also been having trouble (lockups) almost everytime I do some
tape backups. I have an Adaptec 2940 and Exabyte SCSI backup unit, I've
been keeping up with the most recent kernels but the problem hasn't
improved. The system just tends to get very unstable while its backing up
sometimes, and I get all sorts of SCSI errors will appear on the screen,
then the system locks up cold... I'll try to write them down next time. :>
Maybe there is something wrong with the SCSI tape driver in the kernel?
> Does that program do a large amount of CPU/disk intensive work? I am
> getting very frusterated with that card.. I am just happy it never needs
> to swap to the drive (the 32mb is more than enough for a file
> server/router) or the sucker would crash every hour!