Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:08:18 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CANNOT ACCESS T20 TAPE Message-ID: <20010119210817.B14078@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0101190954140.2014-100000@zeppo.feral.com>; from "Matthew Jacob" on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:56:14AM -0800 References: <20010119204306.A14007@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0101190954140.2014-100000@zeppo.feral.com>
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* Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> [20010119 20:56]: writing on the subject 'Re: CANNOT ACCESS T20 TAPE' Matthew> Matthew> Matthew> Is a tape inserted? If not, then there is no bug here. Insert a tape prior to Matthew> attempting to get status (unless you use the 'control' entry point, but that Matthew> will yield pointless information). Matthew> Matthew> If so, build a kernel with CAMDEBUG enabled, boot that, and then do Matthew> Matthew> camcontrol debug -Ic 0:4:0 Matthew> Matthew> and then do the 'mt status' and ship the output back to the list. Hi Matthew, It happened when I had a tape in the drive. I even changed tapes but still same issue I am now building a kernel with options CAMDEBUG. I am going to send the feedback first thing tomorrow. Thank you so much Matthew> > Hi, Matthew> > I recently cvsupped and updated my 3.5-STABLE box to 4.2_STABLE. Matthew> > I had quite a few problems initially when doing buildworld but a Matthew> > good samaritan came to my rescue and sent me precise details that Matthew> > had worked for one of 'us'. Matthew> > Matthew> > At the moment I seem to be in a bad fix because I cannot access my Matthew> > tape drive, an HP T20. What I mean is that mt returns an error Matthew> > Matthew> > /dev/nsa0: device not configured. Matthew> > Matthew> > I posted this to the -quetsions and I got overwhelming response but all Matthew> > the suggestions I received did not yield the solution I was looking for. Matthew> > So please pardon me if this is considered a double post. I am only anxious for Matthew> > a solution. Without a backup, we all know where I stand - on the firing line. Matthew> > Matthew> > Matthew> > I am running an HP Netserver E20 and here is a section of my dmesg.boot: Matthew> > ## Matthew> > [snip] Matthew> > ahc0: <Adaptec aic7895 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xfc100000-0xfc100fff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci0 Matthew> > ahc0: Using left over BIOS settings Matthew> > aic7895C: Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs Matthew> > ahc1: <Adaptec aic7895 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0xfc101000-0xfc101fff irq 10 at device 5.1 on pci0 Matthew> > ahc1: Host Adapter Bios disabled. Using default SCSI device parameters Matthew> > aic7895C: Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs Matthew> > . Matthew> > . Matthew> > . Matthew> > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle Matthew> > sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 Matthew> > sa0: <HP T20 3.01> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device Matthew> > sa0: 3.300MB/s transfers Matthew> > da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 Matthew> > da1: <COMPAQ BB009222B5 B016> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device Matthew> > da1: 11.626MB/s transfers (5.813MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled Matthew> > da1: 8678MB (17773524 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 8678C) Matthew> > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a Matthew> > da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 Matthew> > da0: <HP 9.10GB A 68-SA40 SA40> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device Matthew> > da0: 11.626MB/s transfers (5.813MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled Matthew> > da0: 8678MB (17773524 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 8678C) Matthew> > [snip] Matthew> > Matthew> > Matthew> > and here is some output from /dev Matthew> > wash:~$ cd /dev/ Matthew> > wash:/dev$ ls -al *sa0 Matthew> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 18 12:18 ersa0 Matthew> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 18 12:18 esa0 Matthew> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 18 12:18 nrsa0 Matthew> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 18 12:18 nsa0 Matthew> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 18 12:18 rsa0 Matthew> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 18 12:18 sa0 Matthew> > Matthew> > ...and a little bit more... Matthew> > Matthew> > wash:/dev$ mt status Matthew> > mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured Matthew> > Matthew> > Matthew> > And I followed the procedure below to go to 4.2_STABLE... Matthew> > Matthew> > All help welcome. Matthew> > Matthew> > Thanks. Matthew> > Matthew> > NB: I am not subscribed to this list, so kindly cc me in your reply. Matthew> > Matthew> > -Wash Matthew> > Matthew> > -- Matthew> > Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., Matthew> > wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Matthew> > Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Matthew> > Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. Matthew> > Matthew> > Sex is what women have and men want. Matthew> > Matthew> > Matthew> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Matthew> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message Matthew> > Matthew> -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. 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