From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 2 15:01:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA15382 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA15377 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:01:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (ulf@gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA02201; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:01:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.5/8.7.6) id PAA20344; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:01:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199706022201.PAA20344@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: Archive Tape Autochanger In-Reply-To: from Ben Black at "Jun 2, 97 04:44:00 pm" To: black@zen.cypher.net (Ben Black) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 15:01:33 -0700 (PDT) Cc: rls@mail.id.net, paul@mu.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > sounds like you may be incorrectly setting your block size. > > On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Robert Shady wrote: > > > > Robert Shady wrote: > > > > Has anyone gotten the CSC special Archive DAT auto-changer to work > > > > with FreeBSD yet? What did you have to do to get it to work? I > > > > am starting to wonder if mine is just defective. I'm running 2.2.2 > > > > release, and when I load a tape, it spits it back out a few seconds > > > > later, the drive displays "CHK MAG", and the FreeBSD box reports > > > > ERROR: Vendor specific ASCQ. Under different versions of FreeBSD > > > > I have at least been able to load tapes, and run small backups, but > > > > now it won't even load the tape. > > > > > > I got it to work. I could not get it to change tapes using chio > > > when I had it plugged into my Adaptec 154x but when I put it on my > > > Adaptec 2940 it worked like a charm. > > > > Have you gotten it to backup 8GB uncompressed yet? I've got 120 meter > > tapes in there, and the best I can get is 1GB. What does your > > "mt status" report for density? What is a good density to use? By > > default, mine reads "0x24", but I've tried 0x00 as well to no avail, > > I've going to try 0x13 now, but I think that'll limit me to the > > standard 4GB/uncompressed per tape, but we'll see... I have the Archive working fine with 4 and 12 tape magazine under 2.2.2R. The DDS2 drive in the changer has ONLY 4GB per 120m tape, not 8GB. Ulf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073