On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 01:16:28 +0100 (CET), Manfred Petz
<pm@radawana.cg.tuwien.ac.at> said:
> When I do a `cat /dev/st0' on my system (or access the tape in any
> other way), the message
> Wrong buffer length supplied for request sense (256)
> is displayed on the console and the system locks up, VC switching
> still works. It's perfectly reproducable.
> Tested on a Pentium120, AHA-1542, /dev/st0 is an EXB-8200. It works
> with 2.0.x.
Also seen here. It appears to be triggered by a hardware fault;
reseating the AHA1542 cured things entirely.
--Stephen
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