I had the same error (but i'm not sure completely if it was 185). I think my
tape drive was dirty.I used a cleaning tape and then reinstalled the last
firmware. I suggest you that reinstall the last firmware.

In any case, what do you get with errpt command ? Any mail to root user ?



Regards.


"Ben Kamen" <removethisforspam-bkamen@uiuc.edu> escribió en el mensaje
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>
> I'm getting an Evil 185 error on my 43p-240.
>
> After looking through the IBM Service documentation for the Model 240,
> I've determined that the 185 is probably one of the most evil errors on
> can get since the manual doesn't have a direct cause for it. (not like,
> "bad RAM" or failed floppy) It's the "start changing out stuff in your
> system until it goes away" error.
>
>
> So I thought I would ask if anyone here has ever experienced such an
> error and if they'd share with me what they found was causing it.
>
>
> Here's my system config:
> ================================================== ==================
> 43p-240 233MHz (with both CPU's installed)
> 256MB Memory (64x4 IBM legit DIMMs)
> IBM 4.somethingGB SCSI internal HDisk
> IBM #2408 (FRU93H8406) PCI SingleEnded SCSI-FW
> IBM GXT-255
> IBM PCI 10/100 Ethernet
>
> Externally, I have connected a bunch of drives and a Cybernetics
> (Exabyte 10H) library. But I get the error with all that stuff
> disconnected from the system anyway.
>
>
> HELP!!!
>
> -Ben
>