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From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
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Subject: Re: HP DAT tape loader
In-Reply-To: <19981117091522.C28935@sr.se> from Gunnar Flygt at "Nov 17, 98 09:15:22 am"
To: flygt@sr.se
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:00:21 -0700 (MST)
Cc: lurkie@wxs.nl, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
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Gunnar Flygt wrote...
> On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 08:40:48AM +0100, Marc Veldman wrote:
> > Hi Gunnar,
> > 
> > >Is it a īdead endī trying to connect a HP 1553 DAT loader to FreeBSD
> > >3.0? It's a '6 DAT-tapes in a packetī backup unit.
> > 
> > I'm not sure it's a dead end, but it sure is a maze.
> > I've connected it to my machine and it will run as a normal tape drive,
> > and you can load/unload the tapes in sequence.
> > mt offline will unload the current tape and load the next one.
> 
> Maybe that is enough to make it work OK, together with amanda.
> 
> > Getting chio to work depends on your SCSI adapter.
> > On a Future Domain 950 controller it will not work,
> > on an Adaptec 1542 it seems to work, but in the FreeBSD-scsi archives
> 
> The controller is Adaptec 2940W.
> 
> > I read something about a bit of broken code in the  SCSI drivers,
> > but I can't remember where.
> > 
> > Sorry for not giving you a definite yes or no, but I'm also a little lost here.
> > Maybe someone at FreeBSD-SCSI can help you.
> 
> I'll x-post it to that list. Thanks!


What exactly is the problem with the drive in question?

If it's a problem in CAM, we'd like to fix it.

Ken
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Kenneth Merry
ken@plutotech.com

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