SCSI tape drive problem.
Hi Guys, I am using Suse linux 8 on PIII-450 Mhz. It was installed with IDE hardisk. Now I want to add SCSI tape drive 8505XL. I installed adaptc2940 SCSI PCI controlled> I am able to see that controller in hardware info. But I am still can not use tape drive. Can any one help me how to make this tape drive working. thanks Moe Hans Network Administrator Information & Education Technology Kwantlen University College , BC , Canada Phone 604-599-2115 www.kwantlen.bc.ca |
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 17:12 pm, Moe Hans wrote:
Hi Guys,
I am using Suse linux 8 on PIII-450 Mhz. It was installed with IDE hardisk. Now I want to add SCSI tape drive 8505XL. I installed adaptc2940 SCSI PCI controlled> I am able to see that controller in hardware info. But I am still can not use tape drive. Can any one help me how to make this tape drive working.
Does the controller see the tape drive??? Check the boot messages for the controller. If not, then there's a problem with the tape drive, or the connection to the controller.
thanks
Moe Hans Network Administrator Information & Education Technology Kwantlen University College , BC , Canada Phone 604-599-2115 www.kwantlen.bc.ca |
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:12, Moe Hans wrote:
Hi Guys,
I am using Suse linux 8 on PIII-450 Mhz. It was installed with IDE hardisk. Now I want to add SCSI tape drive 8505XL. I installed adaptc2940 SCSI PCI controlled> I am able to see that controller in hardware info. But I am still can not use tape drive. Can any one help me how to make this tape drive working.
When I reboot I find that on my system the 2940 controller is recognised along with all the SCSI drives, but the tape drive is not recognised. What I found is that if I run as root /bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh the tape drive is recognised. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
The appropriate kernel modules should be loaded when you access the device. The device files for scsi tapes are: /dev/st0, /dev/st1, etc. for when you want the tape to rewind after you access it. /dev/nst0, /dev/nst1, etc. when you don't want it to be rewound after access. Try mt -f /dev/st0 status It'll try to get some info from your drive. If I recall correctly, a number of kernel modules will be loaded automatically (st being one of them). In any case, can you post the output of 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi' right after you boot? that may of help understanding your problem. -- Rafael
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