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Date:      Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:48:28 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com>
To:        "alex wetmore" <alex@phred.org>
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with FreeBSD 2.2.2 and Archive Python 4586 DDS-2 autoloader (changer device not detected)
Message-ID:  <200002081948.MAA44751@narnia.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <06a101bf725f$6159adf0$01fa3b9d@AWETMOREDEV>

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In article <06a101bf725f$6159adf0$01fa3b9d@AWETMOREDEV> you wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.2 on a server machine and this weekend I added a
> DDS-2 autoloader to get automated backups.  FreeBSD will recognize the drive
> as a DDS drive, but doesn't see it as a changer, so the ch device and chio
> programs do not work.
> 
> Here is the kernel output during probe:
> (ahc0:5:0): "ARCHIVE Python 29987-XXX 5AB" type 1 removable SCSI 2
> st0(ahc0:5:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13,  drive empty

In 2.2.2, we did not probe luns above 0 by default.  For this kind
of changer device, the manufacturer often advertizes the changer on
lun 1.  Newer versions of FreeBSD scan higher luns by default and
will hopefully pick up the changer.

--
Justin


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