Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 21:10:09 +1000 From: "Verghese George" <vgeorge@groupwise.swin.edu.au> To: <andreas.kohn@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using hp surestore dat 24 tape drive with Free BSD 4.8 Message-ID: <sf7c944c.097@groupwise.swin.edu.au>
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Andreas, Thanks a lot. It worked!!! I tried the command kldload trm on the command line and in the log , I could see the driver being loaded. I then added the entry in /etc/bootloader.conf file and the driver was detected after rebooting. I also realised that the tape drive was functional straight away. There was not need for any other driver for the tape drive. Thanks again Verghese George >>> Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net> 10/01/03 9:30 PM >>> [please use reply to all to include the list] On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 12:56, Verghese George wrote: > Andreas, > Thanks. The card is still not recognised when booting up. The GENERIC > kernel does not seem to have an entry > device trm > > Does it mean that I have to recompile the kernel? > > Thanks > > Verghese George > Hi, I do not know exactly if FreeBSD 4.x has a trm module, but you might first try to do kldload trm If that does work (i.e. print some success messages), you can add trm_load="yes" to your /boot/loader.conf file to have the trm module loaded at boot time. If the trm.ko module is not available, yes, you need to recompile your kernel as described in the handbook. Regards, Andreas > >>> Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net> 09/30/03 8:33 PM >>> > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 07:20, Verghese George wrote: > > Could someone help me with this problem? > > I connected the hp surestore dat 24 drive with Free BSD 4.8 . It has a > > Ultra SCSI DC-315U drive (Tekram technology Co. Ltd). This card is not > > recognised by the system. Is there a driver I can use with this card? > I > > got dc395_trm.tar.gz , untarred and unzipped it and copied > > dc395x_trm.c and dc395x_trm.h to /usr/src/sys/pci directory (as per > the > > instructions at the website). I also edited > > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and gave a device name tekram_trm0. > When > > I tried to recompile the kernel, this name was not recognised. > > > > Am I following the right procedure? Can somebody advise me? > > Thanks > > > > Verghese George > > Hi, > > according to the trm(4) man page, the Tekram DC-315U should be supported > in 4.8: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=trm&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+4.8-RELEASE&format=html >
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