Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:44:29 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone useing an ADIC FastStor tape changer successfully? Message-ID: <199808122144.OAA22098@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19980812163130.A24645@emsphone.com>
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I'm sending this reply to -hackers because my original message went to -hackers (rather than -hardware, as I had intended). Apologies for the confusion on my part; hope it's useful for someone. >Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:31:30 -0500 >From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> >In the last episode (Aug 12), David Wolfskill said: [stuff about ADIC > FastStor tape changer] >Depending on how smart/dumb the changer is, you may have to eject the >tape from the drive before the autoloader will see it. Like: >chio move slot 0 drive 0 >tar cv / >mt offline >chio move drive 0 slot 0 >the Exabyte 10h autoloader is like that, although I believe both of our >DLT autoloaders (ADIC and Overland Data) are smart enough to eject the >tape automatically when asked (and automatically clean the drive when >needed too). Amazing...! That's what it took: > chio move slot 6 drive 0 > chio status picker 0: slot 0: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 1: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 2: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 3: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 4: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 5: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 6: <ACCESS> drive 0: <ACCESS,FULL> > chio move drive 0 slot 6 chio: /dev/ch0: CHIOMOVE: Invalid argument > mt -f /dev/rst2 offl > chio move drive 0 slot 6 > chio status picker 0: slot 0: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 1: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 2: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 3: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 4: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 5: <ACCESS,FULL> slot 6: <ACCESS,FULL> drive 0: <ACCESS> Somehow, on realizing this is what makes it work, I'm reminded of first learning that the star-tipped rod scares the bird.... (*) Thanks, Dan.... Now I need to get amanda set up to use this.... :-} * Ref. to "Adventure," in case that's not obvious. "You are at the end of a road, near a small brick building...." david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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