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Date:      Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:46:46 -0600
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How noisy should ch(4) be ?
Message-ID:  <20020703154646.A34068@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0206291616050.29157-100000@router.ispra.webweaving.org>; from dirkx@webweaving.org on Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 04:17:22PM %2B0000
References:  <20020628132107.A4107@panzer.kdm.org> <Pine.BSO.4.21.0206291616050.29157-100000@router.ispra.webweaving.org>

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On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 16:17:22 +0000, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
> 
> >  - run 'chio ielem' before you do anything.  This may make the changer look
> >    at what it has, and perhaps figure out that it doesn't really have a
> >    source addresses for various elements.

What about this option?

> >  - try moving every tape in the changer to some destination and back.  The
> >    fastest thing to do, if the changer supports it, would probably be
> >    moving the tapes to the picker and then back to a slot.
> 
> Did not work :-)
>  
> >  - comment out the warning in copy_element_status().
> 
> Fixed the problem perfectly :-)
>  
> >  - see if there is updated firmware for the changer.
> 
> There is - but it seems to need special third party SCSI software which
> only works on windows. I've got no desire to disconnect the unit for now.

Hmm.

Ken
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Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org

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