[wplug] SDT-9000 Sony Tape drive and Adaptec 2930U
Vanco, Donald
VANCOD at PIOS.com
Thu Feb 6 15:13:47 EST 2003
Coutch, Robert wrote:
> Make sure the modules are loaded for the tape drive.
What module? "st"?
Wulf - are your switches set according to:
http://allaw.com.au/Docs/UnixAIT.pdf? Kinda assuming you've had this drive
working in a Linux box already tho..
Don
> See if Red Hat added entries in /etc/modules.conf for the tape drive.
>
> Sometimes Kudzu doesn't set hardware up correctly.
>
> -Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R.E.Coutch [mailto:coutchre at usaor.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 2:57 PM
> To: coutchre at tvratings.com
> Subject: [wplug] SDT-9000 Sony Tape drive and Adaptec 2930U
>
>
> 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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