SuSE 10.0 I've added an adaptec SCSI card and Wangdat 3400 tapedrive from an old system into my SuSE server. As yet, the tape drive does not appear in YaST and I don't seem to be able to find it in /dev/scsi (just tells me about directories . and ..) Running /etc/rc.d/boot.scsidev doesn't find it either. Any thoughts, please? When I've found it, I guess I'll have to mount it (fstab) before I can use it for backups. TIA John
John wrote:
I've added an adaptec SCSI card and Wangdat 3400 tapedrive from an old system into my SuSE server. As yet, the tape drive does not appear in YaST and I don't seem to be able to find it in /dev/scsi (just tells me about directories . and ..)
And what does "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" tell you?
When I've found it, I guess I'll have to mount it (fstab) before I can use it for backups.
No, you just use tar (or similar) direct to/from the device. /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
John wrote:
I've added an adaptec SCSI card and Wangdat 3400 tapedrive from an old system into my SuSE server. As yet, the tape drive does not appear in YaST and I don't seem to be able to find it in /dev/scsi (just tells me about directories . and ..)
And what does "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" tell you?
It simply says: (including the command line prompt before and after as delimiters) General:~ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: General:~ # i.e. nothing attached yet
When I've found it, I guess I'll have to mount it (fstab) before I can use it for backups.
No, you just use tar (or similar) direct to/from the device.
That's not so bad, but first find the device ;-)
/Per Jessen, Zürich
John wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
John wrote:
I've added an adaptec SCSI card and Wangdat 3400 tapedrive from an old system into my SuSE server. As yet, the tape drive does not appear in YaST and I don't seem to be able to find it in /dev/scsi (just tells me about directories . and ..)
And what does "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" tell you?
It simply says: (including the command line prompt before and after as delimiters) General:~ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: General:~ #
i.e. nothing attached yet
Did you load the drivers for your SCSI adapter? /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
John wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
John wrote:
I've added an adaptec SCSI card and Wangdat 3400 tapedrive from an old system into my SuSE server. As yet, the tape drive does not appear in YaST and I don't seem to be able to find it in /dev/scsi (just tells me about directories . and ..)
And what does "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" tell you?
It simply says: (including the command line prompt before and after as delimiters) General:~ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: General:~ #
i.e. nothing attached yet
Did you load the drivers for your SCSI adapter?
/Per Jessen, Zürich
I haven't loaded any drivers - I thought the SCSI didn't need them. Where do I find them (I have no disks with the adaptor or the tape drive) J
John wrote:
I haven't loaded any drivers - I thought the SCSI didn't need them. Where do I find them (I have no disks with the adaptor or the tape drive) J
No, you'll need to load the module(s) appropriate for your SCSI adapter. If your system is configured properly, the modules should get loaded automagically when you access e.g. /dev/st0. Which adapter do you have? If you don't know, send the output from "lspci". (assuming it's a PCI-adapter). /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
John wrote:
I haven't loaded any drivers - I thought the SCSI didn't need them. Where do I find them (I have no disks with the adaptor or the tape drive) J
No, you'll need to load the module(s) appropriate for your SCSI adapter. If your system is configured properly, the modules should get loaded automagically when you access e.g. /dev/st0.
Which adapter do you have? If you don't know, send the output from "lspci". (assuming it's a PCI-adapter).
01:01.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-U / ABP960-U (rev 03)
/Per Jessen, Zürich
John wrote:
Which adapter do you have? If you don't know, send the output from "lspci". (assuming it's a PCI-adapter).
01:01.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-U / ABP960-U (rev 03)
Try loading the advansys module - "modprobe advansys" - I'm not sure if it's available/compiled. If you're keen to use the DAT-drive, maybe it would be worth buying a cheap Adaptec adapter off ebay - the AHA2940 is good and very reliable. /Per Jessen, Zürich
Per Jessen wrote:
John wrote:
Which adapter do you have? If you don't know, send the output from "lspci". (assuming it's a PCI-adapter).
01:01.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-U / ABP960-U (rev 03)
Try loading the advansys module - "modprobe advansys" - I'm not sure if it's available/compiled.
General:~ # modprobe advansys FATAL: Module advansys not found.
If you're keen to use the DAT-drive, maybe it would be worth buying a cheap Adaptec adapter off ebay - the AHA2940 is good and very reliable.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
In Googling 'modprobe advansys', I came acros this link which talks about this board being deprecated from the kernal but should be reinstated in 2.6.17. http://www.users.bigpond.com/vkelim/SuSE_notes/node124.html Looks like it might be easier to get a more up-to-date scsi adaptor, though. Thanks, Per, for your help and advice. Regards J
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