Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:28:52 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: davet@geoplex.com, lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI backup tape drive recommendations (again) Message-ID: <199801260028.SAA08517@home.dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <19980126103850.37289@lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Jan 26, 98 10:38:50 am"
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> >>> I've got several of those drives, and they work great. They need a *ton* of > >>> airflow though, so if you mount them internally, put a fan behind them. > >>> > >>> I submitted a PR a while back showing how to use the scsi command to > >>> autoload with them. (ch0 doesn't work on this drive) > >> > >> I've had one of these drives controlled with ch0 for over a year and a half. > >> Did you forget to hack scsiconf.c so the other LUNs get probed? > >> > > > > Tried that.... It worked, but after 4-5 changes, the drive would either > > display 'ERROR 43' or say 'LOAD 0' and try to load a tape above where it > > could reach, and lock up.... It was sending goofy commands to it I think... > > What device was this? Was it new or refurbished? What kind of > carrier were you using (4 or 10 tapes)? What happens when you just > issue an eject command? > > Greg > We have one new, and two refurbished. They all act the same way with ch0, but fine with using the scsi commands i hashed out... Eject works fine. Kevin
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