Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 20:29:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Rose <rose@dml.com> To: Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broken Amanda/Archive DAT chio/seagate-changer Message-ID: <199710170329.UAA00371@locus.dml.com>
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> Problem is I can't get the changer part to work. I'm running > FreeBSD-2.2-Stable, cvsupped a week about a week ago. I compiled in > support for ch0 in the kernel and it's recognized at boot: > (ncr0:6:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28849-XXX 4.CM" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > st0(ncr0:6:0): Sequential-Access > st0(ncr0:6:0): 5.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 8) > density code 0x13, 512-byte blocks, write-enabled > (ncr0:6:1): "ARCHIVE Python 28849-XXX 4.CM" type 8 removable SCSI 2 > ch0(ncr0:6:1): Medium-Changer 4 slots, 1 drive, 1 picker > Some of the chio commands don't work, most notably "status": > operator@thanatos<17> chio status > chio: /dev/ch0: CHIOGSTATUS: Input/output error There is a problem with the ncr driver and the chio status command. I discovered this months ago from a search in the archives. I've been meaning to get some debug data for Stefan, but just haven't gotten around to it. I believe the chio driver has always worked well with the Adaptec driver, although I don't know that from experience. Steve Rose
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