From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 17 14:19:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.utexas.edu (wb1-a.mail.utexas.edu [128.83.126.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1601237BA62 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:19:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oscars@mail.utexas.edu) Received: (qmail 4178 invoked by uid 0); 17 Apr 2000 21:19:14 -0000 Received: from chepe.cc.utexas.edu (HELO chepe) (128.83.135.25) by umbs-smtp-1 with SMTP; 17 Apr 2000 21:19:14 -0000 Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000417161144.00a6fd90@mail.utexas.edu> X-Sender: oscars@mail.utexas.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:18:15 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mitch Collinsworth From: Oscar Ricardo Silva Subject: Re: Overland DLT changer and chio ?? -- Seemingly fixed In-Reply-To: <200004172053.QAA52608@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu> References: <4.2.2.20000417144045.00a79c80@mail.utexas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I do plan on using chg-scsi when I install Amanda 2.4.1p1 but I wanted to make sure I could control the drives with the tools that come installed. I'm fairly new to all this and didn't want to jump into using a package without having learned the basics of the device. Also, if something were to happen to the Amanda config or install, I would still be able to manipulate tapes in the autoloader. I do believe I found the source of my problem. On the control panel to the autoloader, you can set the device to work either in Sequential or Random mode. With Amanda, I thought I would run it in Sequential mode so that the tapes would be ordered by date. I started thinking about this and just for grins put the device in Random mode. Lo and behold, all the "chio" commands now work. When I issue the command "chio status -a", I get the following: amanda# chio status -a picker 0: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <0> scsi: slot 0: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: intaddr: <1> scsi: slot 1: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <2> scsi: slot 2: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <3> scsi: slot 3: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <4> scsi: slot 4: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <5> scsi: slot 5: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <6> scsi: slot 6: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <7> scsi: slot 7: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <8> scsi: slot 8: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <9> scsi: slot 9: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <10> scsi: slot 10: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <11> scsi: slot 11: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <12> scsi: slot 12: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <13> scsi: slot 13: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <14> scsi: slot 14: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <15> scsi: drive 0: sense: <0x00/0x00> voltag: <:0> avoltag: <:0> source: <> intaddr: <240> scsi: <4:?> I'm a bit puzzled at the "scsi: " but for now I'm just happy that in general chio works. Oscar At 04:53 PM 4/17/00 -0400, Mitch Collinsworth, you wrote: > >We recently ordered and received an Overland Data 15-slot DLT 7000 SCSI-2 > >autoloader. It's connected to our FreeBSD 3.4 machine through an Adaptec > >2940U2W PCI card. We plan on running Amanda 2.4.1p1 as our backup software > >but before that I want to make sure I can communicate and control the > >device. Unfortunately, the tool which was suggested: chio, doesn't appear > >to be communicating properly with the device. > > >I've looked through some of the mailing-list archives and I see problems > >with chio and NCR SCSI cards, but it apparently works without problems on > >Adaptec cards. > >Just out of curiousity, why not use chg-scsi? "Don't believe the hype" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message