Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:40:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: vandi3p@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive Message-ID: <200509291340.j8TDem9a013105@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <b6e24f36050928160310f95410@mail.gmail.com>
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> > Dear all, > > 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.. > > I tried; > red1# mt status > mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured > AND > red1# mt -f /dev/rsa0 status > mt: /dev/rsa0: Device not configured Did you put a tape in the drive? If there is no tape in the drive it will report "mt: /dev/rsa0: Device not configured" Other problems can get that response too, of course. ////jerry > > When i did a > red1# camcontrol devlist -v > scbus0 on ata0 bus 0: > <SONY DVD RW DRU-700A VY02> at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (pass0,cd0) > < > at scbus0 target -1 lun -1 () > scbus1 on ata1 bus 0: > < > at scbus1 target -1 lun -1 () > scbus-1 on xpt0 bus 0: > < > at scbus-1 target -1 lun -1 (xpt0) > > As i'm not sure what this camcontrol list means, can someone please explain? > > It doesn't seems like the server detect the new tape drive. I google around, > didn't find anything hopefull. > > Does anyone have any ideas what i did wrong or suggestions that i can try? > > Thanks in advance! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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