Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 07:28:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: cshenton@uucom.com (Chris Shenton) Cc: proot@iaces.com (Paul T. Root), questions@FreeBSD.ORG (Questions FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Sun DDS2 tape changer Message-ID: <200005191228.e4JCSmZ21434@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <lf1z2z4ihm.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com> from "Chris Shenton" at May 18, 2000 06:10:45 PM
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Great, thanks! I'll look for 2.4.1. In a previous message, Chris Shenton said: > > On Thu, 18 May 2000 12:06:20 -0500 (CDT), "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> said: > > Paul> Hi all, I found a discarded Sun DDS2 tape changer in a box in my > Paul> lab and want to use it to replace my DDS1 unit on my server. > > The ones I've seen have a front panel that looks a lot like the Python > I have. > > > Paul> Anyway, I put it on my 3.4 test system, and tried to compile > Paul> up Amanda 2.4.0-p1, finding that there has been no work on > Paul> integrating CAM into it. Anybody done any work on this? > > I had Amanda-2.4.1 running on 3.4 quite happily, except for the bug in > the chg-chio script (search teh archives, it's an extra perl print to > STDERR). I built it from ports. > > I'm now using it under 4.0-STABLE. > > > Paul> Without physically pushing the button on the drive, how can I > Paul> get it to go get the next tape? Either having amanda do it > Paul> itself or an mt/ioctl call is fine. I've got a Exabyte changer > Paul> on my Sun that I've never gotten around to integrating into > Paul> amanda. > > Check the "chio" command. You'll have to build the "ch" device into > your kernel. > > > Paul> My 3.4 system identifies it as follows: > Paul> <ARCHIVE Python 02636-XXX Paul> > > Cool, so it is a Python. Should be no problems once you add "ch" to > your kernel, get a more modern Amanda, and comment out the STDERR line > from chg-chio. > -- Modern Coke Machines are microprocessor-controlled, and many even have modems with which they call the distributor when their coin boxes fill or they run out of supplies or they're broken into. These modems are vulnerable to attack by a class of computer hackers known in the industry as ``Soda Crackers.'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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