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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:09:46 +0300
From:      Corvette <wash@iconnect.co.ke>
To:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Cc:        mjacob@feral.com
Subject:   Re: CANNOT ACCESS T20 TAPE
Message-ID:  <20010120100945.A365@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,
As a followup to the problem that I'm having with my tape drive, I've built and
booted up a kernel with "options CAMDEBUG" and below is my output.

## 
wash:/usr/home/wash# camcontrol debug -Ic 0:4:0
Debugging enabled for 0:4:0
wash:/usr/home/wash# mt status
mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured
wash:/usr/home/wash#                 
##

I'm still not subscribed to this list. Kindly include me in any replies via a cc.

Thank you.



Matthew> 
Matthew> 
Matthew> 
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> > 
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Matthew> > 
Matthew> 

-Wash

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