Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:43:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Luke Lussier <luke@intrinsix.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Quantum DLT4000 on 4.5-R: "Device busy" Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0309120132460.25114-100000@jez.intrinsix.net>
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Greetings, (Apologies in advance if this is not the correct list for this question) I am attemping to get a new tape drive (Quantum DLT4000, external) working on my FreeBSD (4.5-R, i386) machine. The kernel detects the drive during boot: ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xe7003000-0xe7003fff irq 11 at device 13.0 on pci0 aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 sa0: <Quantum DLT4000 DA97> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) However, when trying to interact with the /dev/sa0 device via mt and tar commands, the device is reported to be busy: [root@th]:/dev $ mt status mt: /dev/nsa0: Device busy ('mt offline' fails with the same message, as well) I have tried resetting the drive, changing SCSI IDs, rebooting, reseating the tape cartridge, to no avail. The tape drive works under a Solaris/Sparc 8 machine, so I do not believe the drive or cable are at fault. I am unfamiliar with tape drives in general under BSD. Am I doing something wrong? -Luke
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