Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 22:36:45 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: "Eric S. Nooden" <noodene@beloit.edu> Cc: Paul Southworth <pauls@etext.org>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Michael Hughes <mhughes@bridge.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting a SCSI tape drive Message-ID: <20001127223645.C1846@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001127144047.00b4c4f0@pop3.norton.antivirus>; from noodene@beloit.edu on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 02:43:35PM -0600 References: <19991202195345.47886@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011241234260.30979-100000@locust.etext.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20001127144047.00b4c4f0@pop3.norton.antivirus>
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 02:43:35PM -0600, Eric S. Nooden wrote: FYI: Nov 26 21:52:40 freebie /kernel: sa0: <EXABYTE EXB-8200 2687> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-CCS device has been working well for me. Not that I use it very often, my DLT4000 is a lotter quicker/better. > I was in communication with Greg Lehey about this matter and at the time he > had not come up with a solution since he had not yet received the Exabyte > drives. I am also still interested in a solution since I have yet to back > up my system. > > Thanks, > Eric > > > At 01:03 PM 11/24/2000 -0500, Paul Southworth wrote: > > >[About a year ago there was a thread on freebsd-questions about Exabyte > >8200 drives which I would like to revive with the hope that someone found > >a solution.] > > > >On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >:On Thursday, 2 December 1999 at 15:17:47 -0600, Eric S. Nooden wrote: > >:> At 02:29 PM 12/2/99 -0600, Michael Hughes wrote: > >:>> Eric S. Nooden said in email to me: > >:>>> > >:>>> I am running into some problems trying to mount a tape drive. When I > >run: > >:>>> > >:>>> mt -f /dev/nrsa0 rewind (or any command i.e. status) > >:>>> > >:>>> I get the following error message: > >:>>> > >:>>> (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): MODE SENSE(06). CDB: 1a 0 0 0 c 0 > >:>>> (sa0:ahc0:0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST > >:>>> > >:>>> ***I did notice that when the command ran, the light on the tape > >drive did > >:>>> flash. > >:>>> > >:>>> The file /var/log/messages reports the following about sa0: > >:>>> > >:>>> sa0: at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 > >:>>> sa0: <EXABYTE EXB-8200 2680> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-CCS device > >:>>> sa0: 3.300MB/s transfers > > > >I have what appears to be an almost identical drive. Mine is reported > >as "<EXABYTE EXB-8200 IRM4> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-CCS device". -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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