Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 16:03:54 -0500 From: junk <junk@boxchat.net> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting scsi tape drive Message-ID: <1081199034.1473.7.camel@MyBox.BoxChat.net> In-Reply-To: <20040405205757.GA65486@panzer.kdm.org> References: <1081198427.1470.2.camel@MyBox.BoxChat.net> <20040405205757.GA65486@panzer.kdm.org>
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Yes, I have a tape in it. [root@cpr]/etc(195): mt status mt: /dev/nsa0: Invalid argument [root@cpr]/etc(196): camcontrol tur sa0 -v Unit is not ready (pass2:ahc0:0:5:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 (pass2:ahc0:0:5:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:80,81 (pass2:ahc0:0:5:0): Vendor Specific ASC On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 15:57, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 15:53:48 -0500, junk wrote: > > I am having a problem mounting a scsi tape drive. > > The kernel sees it , but it wont mount. > > > > >From dmesg: > > > > sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 > > sa0: <CONNER CTT8000-S 1.17> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device > > sa0: 5.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 15) > > > > When i try to mount it: > > > > [root@cpr]/dev(184): mount /dev/sa0 /mnt/tape/ > > mount: /dev/sa0: Block device required > > > > even tried: > > [root@cpr]/dev(185): mount /dev/nsa0 /mnt/tape/ > > mount: /dev/nsa0: Block device required > > You can't mount a tape drive like that. mount only works for disk devices > with filesystems. > > > [root@cpr]/dev(186): mt rewind > > mt: /dev/nsa0: Invalid argument > > Do you have a tape in the drive? What happens when you type 'mt status'? > > Try this: > > camcontrol tur sa0 -v > > Ken
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