Hi Eric Youngdale,
> I think I see the problem. The scsi specifications state that
>when you use the READ_CAPACITY command, the last sector returned could be
>in the transition area between the data and something else which isn't
>guaranteeed to be readable.
>
> Could you show me exactly what the error messages are that you
>are getting?
Well, "my" problem (since about 1.2.5 the system stopped if the SCSI
drive reached end-of-medium during "dd") is gone now (not only with
1.99.9, but already with 1.99.8, maybe much earlier, but maybe not:
I changed from AHA-1542 to AHA-2940 a while ago).
If "my case" is still of interest, I can try to revert the system to,
say, 1.2.13, borrow an AHA-1542 and try to hang it again...
I fixed your case in 1.3.81 on 29-Mar-96. The size was off by a factor of two,
so one always read off the end.
The present problems are due to imprecision in the results of the READ CAPACITY
command. A partial fix is in 2.0pre9.
Leonard