Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:01:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> Cc: Questions FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sun DDS2 tape changer Message-ID: <20000519090146.E43140@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200005181706.e4IH6KV18995@iaces.com> References: <200005181706.e4IH6KV18995@iaces.com>
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On Thursday, 18 May 2000 at 12:06:20 -0500, Paul T. Root wrote: > Hi all, > I found a discarded Sun DDS2 tape changer in a box in > my lab and want to use it to replace my DDS1 unit on my server. > > I'm running 2.2.8-Stable currently, but plan to upgrade > to 3.4 or 4.x this summer (maybe new hardware too). > > Anyway, I put it on my 3.4 test system, and tried to > compile up Amanda 2.4.0-p1, finding that there has been no work > on integrating CAM into it. Anybody done any work on this? > > Without physically pushing the button on the drive, how > can I get it to go get the next tape? Either having amanda do > it itself or an mt/ioctl call is fine. I've got a Exabyte changer > on my Sun that I've never gotten around to integrating into > amanda. Apart from the ch device, you should be able to move to the next tape with 'mt offline'. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it has a DIP switch towards the back, one position of which decides whether to "wrap around" to the first cartridge when you get to the end of the magazine. Seagate has some docco on their web site. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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