Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:36:44 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: davet@geoplex.com Cc: grog@lemis.com, lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI backup tape drive recommendations (again) Message-ID: <199801231636.KAA19671@home.dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <7440.885543435@localhost> from Dave Truesdell at "Jan 23, 98 00:17:15 am"
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> > >> Check out http://www.corpsys.com/cgi-bin/select?1130679869093&inventory&T > >> for one supplier ($379 for a 4-tape changer). If you buy one and have > >> trouble, let me know: I have one and have had none, but some people have > >> had problems with refurbs which suggest a defective unit. > >> > >> Greg > >> > > > >I've got several of those drives, and they work great. They need a *ton* of > >airflow though, so if you mount them internally, put a fan behind them. > > > >I submitted a PR a while back showing how to use the scsi command to > >autoload with them. (ch0 doesn't work on this drive) > > I've had one of these drives controlled with ch0 for over a year and a half. > Did you forget to hack scsiconf.c so the other LUNs get probed? > Tried that.... It worked, but after 4-5 changes, the drive would either display 'ERROR 43' or say 'LOAD 0' and try to load a tape above where it could reach, and lock up.... It was sending goofy commands to it I think... Kevin
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