Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 12:32:00 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: gdunn@mac.com, "Michael Vince" <michael@oztechnews.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Missing Compaq 12/24GB DDS3 DAT Tape Drive Message-ID: <200011091832.eA9IW0Z65941@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-questions/00110809340602.08292@shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil> References: <local.mail.freebsd-questions/013601c049a4$0df99ae0$2201a8c0@michaelvince.com>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-questions/00110809340602.08292@shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil> you write: >On Wed, 08 Nov 2000, Michael Vince wrote: >> I have done a new install of freebsd 4.1.1 on a compaq proliat 360, check >> the url here if you need details. >> http://www5.compaq.com/products/servers/proliantdl360/index.html >> It has a compaq scsi smartstart raid controller card in it. >> http://www.compaq.com/smartstart.html >> The thing about this card is that it has some kind of special rom driver or >> something where you boot from a special compaq CD and choose what OS you >> want to optimize the scsi array raid card for, as you could guess its got >> just about everything but FreeBSD, I choose Unixware because I was told I >> must choose something if I want to be able to put the freebsd cd in and boot >> to start the install. Its in LINT the scsi card is called. >> device ida # Compaq Smart RAID >> >> The whole install went fine and installed freebsd on a hard drive of this >> card (ID0), but I also have a compaq 12/24GB DDS3 DAT Drive(ID6) which I >> read in another post is a re-badged Sony SDT 9000, its detected in the >> compaq CD scsi card boot software but it doesn't come up at all in anyway in >> dmesg, unlike the scsi card and hard drive which does show up in dmesg, I >> want to confirm that I am supposed to see a sign of the tape drive in dmesg >> (/dev/sa?) >> And if any one knows why I cant bring this tape device up? >> >> Thanks >> >I have a Proliant 800. I chose Linux. This is from /var/log/dmesg.today >Waiting 15 seconds >for SCSI devices to settle sa0 at sym0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 >sa0: <COMPAQ SDT-7000 3.04> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device >sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) Note that the above shows your SCSI devices on sym0, which is the onboard Symbios SCSI card, not the Compaq RAID adapter. To the original poster: Compaq usually has two adapters in their machine: the Compaq RAID adapter, and an onboard SCSI adapter that is used for the CDROM/tape device. It's possible that you need to have "device sym0", or "device ahc0" in your kernel in order to recognize this controller. The Array Controller does not present a SCSI interface to the system, so I'm not really sure that you can connect a tape drive to it. (but I may be wrong here) -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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