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Date:      Fri, 6 Apr 2001 06:38:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Ken Menzel <kenm@icarz.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't use sa0 (tape) on -stable-rc1 fresh install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104060636500.24435-100000@beppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <009f01c0be9c$8d5e0a60$711663cf@icarz.com>

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Have you a tape inserted?

Build a CAMDEBUG kernel and do

camcontrol debug -Ic 0:6:0

do the 'mt stat', with a tape inserted, and send me the output.

-matt


On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Ken Menzel wrote:

> I am re-posting this on the 'freebsd-scsi' as I got no answers on
> freebsd-stable.  (I also changed the subject line to be more clear).
> sa0 doesn't work!
> 
> Thought I would try out my new FreeBSD release.  I just installed
> FreeBSD on two new Dell servers here.  (The same as all my other
> servers).  But the tapes drives won't work! Any ideas on what I did
> wrong? I have three other servers running FreeBSD-stable with the same
> DELL hardware (2400) and tape drives that work fine (Installed on
> FBSD4.2)
> .  Here is the error:
> janeway# mt status
> mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured
> janeway#
> 
> However dmesg says differently:
> 
> Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
> sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
> sa0: <SONY TSL-11000 L0u6> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
> sa0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit)
> pass1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 1
> pass1: <SONY TSL-11000 L0u6> Removable Changer SCSI-2 device
> pass1: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit)
> pass4 at asr0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
> pass4: <DELL 1x4 U2W SCSI BP 5.35> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device
> 
> 
> output of uname
> 
> FreeBSD janeway.icarz.com 4.3-RC FreeBSD 4.3-RC #0: Thu Apr  5
> 12:24:51 EDT 2001
>      sysadm@janeway.icarz.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> 
> I tried rebuilding the kernel and sh MAKEDEV all, and a cvsup to
> today.
> 
> What else should I do?  Any suggestions appreciated!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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> 
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