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Date:      Thu, 6 Nov 1997 16:57:03 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "mt eject" nonexistent? (FBSD-2.2.5)
Message-ID:  <19971106165703.21729@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199711060621.BAA26448@absinthe.i3inc.com>; from Chris Shenton on Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 01:21:21AM -0500
References:  <19971106094249.33264@lemis.com> <199711060621.BAA26448@absinthe.i3inc.com>

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On Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 01:21:21AM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Nov 1997 09:42:49 +1030
> Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote:
>
> grog> I have had one of these drives for nearly a year, and so far it's been
> grog> the most reliable DDS drive I ever had.  This is exactly the probe
> grog> string from my machine.  It supports physical eject.
>
> grog> This might be the real reason.  Have you tried 'mt offline' since
> grog> changing the host adapter?
>
> Yup. No effect. What device are you using? I'm using /dev/nrst0 and
> here are my devices:
>
>     root@thanatos<107> ls -al /dev/*st0*
>     crw-rw----  2 root  operator   14,   2 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/erst0
>     crw-rw----  2 root  operator   14,   2 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/erst0.0
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,   6 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/erst0.1
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,  10 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/erst0.2
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,  14 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/erst0.3
>     crw-rw----  2 root  operator   14,   1 Nov  6 00:29 /dev/nrst0
>     crw-rw----  2 root  operator   14,   1 Nov  6 00:29 /dev/nrst0.0
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,   5 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/nrst0.1
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,   9 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/nrst0.2
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,  13 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/nrst0.3
>     crw-rw----  2 root  operator   14,   0 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/rst0
>     crw-rw----  2 root  operator   14,   0 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/rst0.0
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,   4 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/rst0.1
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,   8 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/rst0.2
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,  12 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/rst0.3
>     crw-------  1 root  wheel      14, 0x20000000 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/rst0.ctl
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,   3 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/st0ctl.0
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,   7 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/st0ctl.1
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,  11 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/st0ctl.2
>     crw-rw----  1 root  operator   14,  15 Aug 23 15:18 /dev/st0ctl.3

Yup, that's what mine looks like.

> Are you using amanda with a tape changer script? If so, can you send
> me the configs you're using?

No, I don't use amanda.

What happens if you press the "Step" button?

Greg



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