Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 18:50:36 +0100 From: "Martyn Hill" <m.hill@stjamessengirls.org.uk> To: "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Ecrix VXA-1 tape drive and FreeBSD 4.5 Message-ID: <133001c326d3$fa1aa130$0b00000a@SJMOBILE11>
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Hi I've never yet managed to get a solution to the following problem, but thought I'd try one last time before ditching the Ecrix tape we bought last year... We run FreeBSD 4.5 RELENG on our fileserver (sjserver) and I have installed an Ecrix VXA-1 tape drive (IDE) on the secondary on-board IDE controller. The system has an additional E-IDE controller. The following message snip appears in /var/log/messages: Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ad0: 19623MB <IC35L020AVER07-0> [39870/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ad4: 39266MB <IC35L040AVVN07-0> [79780/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ad6: 39266MB <IC35L040AVVN07-0> [79780/16/63] at ata3-master UDMA100 Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: (null): MODE_SENSE - UNIT ATTENTION asc=29 ascq=00 error=04 Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: (null): MODE_SENSE - ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=24 ascq=00 sks=40 00 02 error=04 Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver last message repeated 3 times Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ata1-master: <ECRIX VXA-1a/V22B7B> tape device - NO DRIVER! Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: acd0: CDROM <CRD-8320B> at ata1-slave using PIO4 N The kernel has been compiled with a config file that has what I believe to be the appropriate drivers: # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives device atapist # ATAPI tape drives options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering Q1: With reference to the line above that end "NO DRIVER!" - what exactly does this signify? I wasn't aware that a particular driver was required for an IDE drive. Q2: Has any one used this IDE device successfully and could forward their solution? Q3: What dev number would be required/used for this device (ad2, ata1-master) Q4: Is it the combination of Tape-drive and CD-ROM on the same controller likely to be the cause difficulty? As always - any assistance would be very welcome! Martyn Hill Network Administrator St James Independent School London
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