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Date:      Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:45:10 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Joe in MPLS <joe@gracenpeace.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: LTO3 tape drive not detected
Message-ID:  <F88F168E-F70F-4640-823C-33689D9CDB92@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <4E03A647.5070501@gracenpeace.net>
References:  <4E03A647.5070501@gracenpeace.net>

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On 24/06/2011, at 6:17, Joe in MPLS wrote:
> This was originally posted on the freebsd-questions list. It was =
suggested that I post it here:
>=20
> I have FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE running on an HP DL360 G5. I recently added =
an (HP branded) LSI Logic single channel SCSI 320 card and attached an =
HP Ultrium 920 LTO3 tape drive.
>=20
> The system sees the SCSI controller as mpt0, and it seems to know =
there's something at SCSI ID 4, but I get an "AutoSense Failed" for =
hba/id/lun 0:4:0 at boot and subsequent camcontrol rescans.
>=20
> I checked the supported hardware doc for the release but it doesn't =
get very specific about tape drives. This is my first experience with =
LTO3 tape. I was hoping that I'd automagically get a /dev/sa0 device =
like I always did with my old DLT drives but it wasn't to be this time.
>=20
> Is there a way to make this drive work?

I'd check the cabling etc..

I have an LTO2 drive that "Just works (tm)".

Can you boot a Linux ISO and see if that finds it?

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