Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:51:08 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: SCSI tape drive Message-ID: <17211.29372.99777.817971@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <b6e24f36050928160310f95410@mail.gmail.com> References: <b6e24f36050928160310f95410@mail.gmail.com>
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Van Diep writes: > I am a newbies to BSD world so bare with me a moment here please.. I > inherited this freebsd 4.10-RELEASE server and i was told to install a DLT > 20/40 tape drive to the server. > > So, what i did was; > 1. shutdown the server > 2. Install the Adaptec SCSI card into the PCI slot in the server > 3. Connect the tape drive to the server > 4. Power up the tape drive then the server > > I though thats all i need to do to get it working but i was wrong.. Have you checked the kernel to see that if has the necessary code to handle a) SCSI and b) SCSI tape drives? Robert Huff
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