[wplug] SDT-9000 Sony Tape drive and Adaptec 2930U

[Vanco, Donald]

You may need to make the device node if it's not present.  I don't mess with
kudzu - but have you tried running it to see what it says?  I think it does
not descend into the SCSI chain, but it may be worth a look-see.
Reinstalling is far too drastic - this isn't Windows - you just need to get
the device stuff set and you should be OK.

Did you try something as simple as /dev/tape?  I have no idea what device
node this particular tape takes, but it's likely that it's not /dev/st0 and
you may get lucky with a sym link

HTH
Don

Lorentz W. Hinrichsen wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> We brought up a Red Hat 8.0 box as a Samba server.. we've been very
> successful so far.  We didn't have the Adaptec 2930U when we installed
> so we added it after and it seemed to go ok if I do a "dmesg | less" I
> can find this reference to the card and drive:
> 
> ahc_pci:1:10:0: Someone reset channel A
> scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
>         <Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter>
>         aic7860: Ultra Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/253 SCBs
> 
> blk: queue f794b414, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>   Vendor: SONY      Model: SDT-9000          Rev: 0400
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> blk: queue f7863214, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) scsi : 1 host
> left. 
> 
> I was hoping that it would be like my test box at home which has a
> similar setup except - dds2 and 2940UW, I can get the status by doing
> "mt -f /dev/st0 status" and I can use TAR to backup and restore....
> 
> When I do a "mt -f /dev/st0" I just get a "no such device" in the
> dmesg on my test box it does list the drive as st0.
> 
> Another friend recommended I reinstall Red Hat with the controller and
> drive in the system as opposed to trying to add it after the fact.
> 
> Any help is appreciated...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --wulf
> 
> 
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