Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 09:45:31 +0100 From: Peter Gradwell <peter@gradwell.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installing HP SureStore Tape Drive Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000706091739.03e7c100@mail.gradwell.com>
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Hi, I'm the proud owner of a not insignificant LAN and an HP SureStore DAT 24x6 [1] Drive. I'm trying to put them together and have backups! I'm running FreeBSD 4-STABLE, using an Adaptec 2940. I have an unchanged GENERIC kernel. On boot, in /var/log/messages, we see: ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0xf4201000-0xf4201fff irq 10 at device 15.0 on pci0 ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs [..] Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0 sa0: <HP C1557A U709> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) pass1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 3 lun 1 pass1: <HP C1557A U709> Removable Changer SCSI-2 device pass1: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) however, I am seriously struggling to work out which device this drive is operating on. Firstly, according to `man mt`, this drive will operate on one of any of the /dev/*rsa* devices. However, doing mt -f <devicename> status - only results in a "Device not configured". Secondly, /dev/ch0, the tape changer device is also "not configured". Thirdly, despite doing sh /dev/MAKEDEV sa0 - /dev/sa0 doesn't exist. Finally, if I try an do some other command using mt, say, setting the density or trying to otherwise configure the drive, then I get the same error. If anyone has any clues as to how to get this drive mounted and working on a device, so I can move onto page one of the book I'd be for ever grateful! many thanks peter [1] http://www.hp.com/tape/datasheets/dat24x6.html -- peter at gradwell dot com; online @ http://www.gradwell.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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