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

[Vanco, Donald]

When you do a less on /proc/scsi/scsi do you at least see the device?? 

EG:
[root at cdburner scsi]# less scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: IBM      Model: DCAS-34330    !# Rev: S69D
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
  Vendor: YAMAHA   Model: CRW2100S         Rev: 1.0N
  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
  Vendor: IBM      Model: CDRM00203     !K Rev: 8B08
  Type:   CD-ROM                 


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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