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

[Lorentz W. Hinrichsen]

I compared the /etc/modules.conf on the machine with the DDS2:

alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx

and the one on the machine with the DDS3 (nonworking)

alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx

So they are the same

I looked in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and found:

class: SCSI
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: aic7xxx
desc: "Adaptec|AHA-2930CU"
vendorId: 9004
deviceId: 3860
subVendorId: 9004
subDeviceId: 3869
pciType: 1

class: TAPE
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: st
driver: ignore
desc: "Sony SDT-9000"
host: 1
id: 6
channel: 0
lun: 0

I had already tried the mknod /dev/st0 c 9 0 and I get a file exists...

Thanks,


On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 15:05, Coutch, Robert wrote:
> Make sure the modules are loaded for the tape drive.
> 
> 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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