From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 10 16:39:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA17961 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 16:39:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA17956 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 16:39:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id JAA10580; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 09:09:00 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19971011090900.41709@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 09:09:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Lee Kim Yuan Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tandberg TDC3820 on BSD 4.3 ? References: <1.5.4.16.19971010193842.11b70bf0@pop5.jaring.my> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19971010193842.11b70bf0@pop5.jaring.my>; from Lee Kim Yuan on Fri, Oct 10, 1997 at 07:32:26PM +0800 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Oct 10, 1997 at 07:32:26PM +0800, Lee Kim Yuan wrote: > Hello list memebers > > Could anyone please advice me in DETAIL how to install a Tandberg > TDC3820 on a BSD 4.3 machine ? What kind of 4.3BSD machine? A VAX? Sorry, this would be the wrong forum. I can tell you how to install it on a FreeBSD machine, though. > You see we normally use Tandberg on Windows / Netware environment, > but there is this important customers of ours who wants to use it > on the BSD system, which I have very little knowledge in. > > I would appreciate greatly for your advice. 1. Check that the machine has a SCSI host adapter and a cable with a spare connector. You should be able to confirm this without shutting the machine down. If you don't have a host adaptor, or the cable doesn't have a spare connector, get another cable with more connectors (if you have less than 7 devices on the cable), or another host adapter and a cable if there are already the maximum 7 devices on the cable. 2. Check the device IDs. If you don't know them, look at the output from dmesg. It should look something like: ahc0: rev 0x03 int a irq 12 on pci0.18.0 ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs ahc0: waiting for scsi devices to settle scbus0 at ahc0 bus 0 This is the SCSI host adapter, on ID 7. scbus0 target 0 lun 0: type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0 at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 First disk, ID (target) 0 sd0: Direct-Access 1001MB (2051615 512 byte sectors) sd0: with 1760 cyls, 15 heads, and an average 77 sectors/track scbus0 target 3 lun 0: type 0 fixed SCSI 2 Second disk, ID 3 sd1 at scbus0 target 3 lun 0 sd1: Direct-Access 2063MB (4226725 512 byte sectors) sd1: with 6703 cyls, 5 heads, and an average 126 sectors/track scbus0 target 4 lun 0: type 1 removable SCSI 2 First tape, ID 4 st0 at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 st0: Sequential-Access density code 0x0, variable blocks, write-enabled scbus0 target 4 lun 1: type 8 removable SCSI 2 This system has four devices on the bus: Disks on IDs 0 and 3, a tape on ID 4, and the host adapter itself on ID 7. You can use any other ID for the (second) tape, but I'd recommend keeping 0 to 3 for disks, 4 and 5 for tapes, and 6 for CD-ROMs as long as these IDs are free. In this case, therefore, I'd recommend ID 5. 3. Set the ID jumpers on the device. Tandberg tapes should be well-marked, you should find three jumpers to set, for ID 1, 2, and 4. Set the appropriate combination to add up to your ID (in this case, 1 and 4). 4. If this is the only device on the SCSI cable, make sure that the terminators are enabled. I don't know the 3820, but I do know the 3800, and it has terminator resistors. Make sure they're inserted if this is the only device. If you're installing into a chain where there are already devices installed, such as in this example, make sure they're removed. Only the last device on the cable should have terminators. 5. Shut the machine down. 6. Find a slot to insert the tape drive, and insert it. 7. Connect the SCSI cable and power cable to the tape drive. 8. Reboot. During reboot, or later with dmesg, you should see: scbus0 target 5 lun 0: type 1 removable SCSI 1 st1 at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 st1: Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty That's all there is to it! Greg