Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:00:21 -0700 (MST) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: flygt@sr.se Cc: lurkie@wxs.nl, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP DAT tape loader Message-ID: <199811172100.OAA06277@panzer.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <19981117091522.C28935@sr.se> from Gunnar Flygt at "Nov 17, 98 09:15:22 am"
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Gunnar Flygt wrote... > On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 08:40:48AM +0100, Marc Veldman wrote: > > Hi Gunnar, > > > > >Is it a īdead endī trying to connect a HP 1553 DAT loader to FreeBSD > > >3.0? It's a '6 DAT-tapes in a packetī backup unit. > > > > I'm not sure it's a dead end, but it sure is a maze. > > I've connected it to my machine and it will run as a normal tape drive, > > and you can load/unload the tapes in sequence. > > mt offline will unload the current tape and load the next one. > > Maybe that is enough to make it work OK, together with amanda. > > > Getting chio to work depends on your SCSI adapter. > > On a Future Domain 950 controller it will not work, > > on an Adaptec 1542 it seems to work, but in the FreeBSD-scsi archives > > The controller is Adaptec 2940W. > > > I read something about a bit of broken code in the SCSI drivers, > > but I can't remember where. > > > > Sorry for not giving you a definite yes or no, but I'm also a little lost here. > > Maybe someone at FreeBSD-SCSI can help you. > > I'll x-post it to that list. Thanks! What exactly is the problem with the drive in question? If it's a problem in CAM, we'd like to fix it. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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