Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:54:50 -0400 From: Mikel <mikel@ocsny.com> To: Peter Gradwell <peter@gradwell.com> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing HP SureStore Tape Drive Message-ID: <3964E409.C58E5EFA@ocsny.com> References: <4.2.2.20000706091739.03e7c100@mail.gradwell.com>
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Hi Peter,
Ok now this may sound like a silly question but what happens when you run tar?
try this...
cd /
tar cvp etc/ >/var/logs/bu.log
then email a snip of the bu.log
--
Cheers,
Mikel
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Peter Gradwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm the proud owner of a not insignificant LAN and an HP SureStore DAT 24x6
> [1] Drive.
> I'm trying to put them together and have backups!
>
> I'm running FreeBSD 4-STABLE, using an Adaptec 2940. I have an unchanged
> GENERIC kernel.
> On boot, in /var/log/messages, we see:
>
> ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem
> 0xf4201000-0xf4201fff irq 10 at device 15.0 on pci0
> ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs
>
> [..]
>
> Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0
> sa0: <HP C1557A U709> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
> sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
> pass1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 3 lun 1
> pass1: <HP C1557A U709> Removable Changer SCSI-2 device
> pass1: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
>
> however, I am seriously struggling to work out which device this
> drive is operating on.
>
> Firstly, according to `man mt`, this drive will operate on one of any of the
> /dev/*rsa* devices. However, doing
>
> mt -f <devicename> status
> - only results in a "Device not configured".
>
> Secondly, /dev/ch0, the tape changer device is also "not configured".
>
> Thirdly, despite doing
> sh /dev/MAKEDEV sa0
> - /dev/sa0 doesn't exist.
>
> Finally, if I try an do some other command using mt, say, setting the
> density or trying to otherwise configure the drive, then I get the same error.
>
> If anyone has any clues as to how to get this drive mounted
> and working on a device, so I can move onto page one of the book
> I'd be for ever grateful!
>
> many thanks
> peter
>
> [1] http://www.hp.com/tape/datasheets/dat24x6.html
>
> --
> peter at gradwell dot com; online @ http://www.gradwell.com/
>
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