From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 10 8:55:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.smed.com (smtp.smed.com [12.20.51.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CBCC37B50F for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:55:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Joe.Warner@smed.com) Received: from smtpgate.shrmed.com (keymaster.smed.com [12.20.51.2]) by smtp.smed.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE8BB161DA for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iesa14.shrmed.com (iesa14.shrmed.com [10.1.99.114]) by smtpgate.shrmed.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA01928 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:55:09 -0400 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com Received: from Deimos.smed.com (unverified) by iesa14.shrmed.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with SMTP id for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:54:52 -0400 Received: by Deimos.smed.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.5 (863.2 5-20-1999)) id 85256937.00575656 ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:53:57 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: SMS To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <85256937.00575298.00@Deimos.smed.com> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:55:35 -0600 Subject: Device not configured? Please Help. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, In an effort to start backing up my file systems, I've installed an Adaptec 2944 Ultra SCSI adapter and an Exabyte EXB-8505DT (8mm/5gb) tape drive. I've compiled support for the SCSI adapter into my kernel and after rebooting, my system recognized it but for some reason, I can't access the tape drive. When I try to access the tape drive using the mt command (mt status or mt erase), I just get the message mt: /dev/nrsa0: Device not configured. The information in my books and The FreeBSD Handbook indicated that all SCSI controllers use the same set of /dev entries, so you don't need to create them. Here is the part of my dmesg where it recognizes the SCSI card: real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes) avail memory = 62357504 (60896K bytes) Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc02c5000. Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0: rev 0x03 on pci0.0.0 chip1: rev 0x03 on pci0.1.0 ahc0: rev 0x01 int a irq 11 on pci0.2.0 ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> rev 0x30 int a irq 11 on pci0.4.0 Should there be a line in dmesg that shows the system is recognizing the tape device as well? What do I need to do to configure the tape device so that I can access it? I've done a good deal of research on this subject and have even searched the archives but haven't found any useful information. Any help or information anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message