From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 12 14:32:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16362 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:32:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16211 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:32:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24936; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:31:30 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Message-ID: <19980812163130.A24645@emsphone.com> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:31:30 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: David Wolfskill , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone useing an ADIC FastStor tape changer successfully? References: <199808122006.NAA21735@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.2i In-Reply-To: <199808122006.NAA21735@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from "David Wolfskill" on Wed Aug 12 13:06:21 GMT 1998 X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In the last episode (Aug 12), David Wolfskill said: > Just received an ADIC FastStor tape drive & changer; trying to use > the "ch" driver on a 2.2.6-RELEASE system, and running into oddnesses > & some problems. > > "chio status " & "chio params" seem to work OK, as does moving a > cartridge from a slot to the drive ("chio move slot 0 drive 0"). > > However, trying to move a cartridge from the drive to a slot fails, > with an "Invalid argument": Depending on how smart/dumb the changer is, you may have to eject the tape from the drive before the autoloader will see it. Like: chio move slot 0 drive 0 tar cv / mt offline chio move drive 0 slot 0 the Exabyte 10h autoloader is like that, although I believe both of our DLT autoloaders (ADIC and Overland Data) are smart enough to eject the tape automatically when asked (and automatically clean the drive when needed too). -Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message