From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Nov 17 00:16:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07621 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:16:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07615; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:16:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA27976; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:15:23 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA08929; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:15:22 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA29101; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:15:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19981117091522.C28935@sr.se> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:15:22 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: lurkie@wxs.nl Cc: FreeBSD Questions , freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP DAT tape loader Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <19981116152942.C27075@sr.se> <199811170840480616.23707C92@wwwintern.kleurbeeld.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199811170840480616.23707C92@wwwintern.kleurbeeld.nl>; from Marc Veldman on Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 08:40:48AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 08:40:48AM +0100, Marc Veldman wrote: > Hi Gunnar, > > >Is it a īdead endī trying to connect a HP 1553 DAT loader to FreeBSD > >3.0? It's a '6 DAT-tapes in a packetī backup unit. > > I'm not sure it's a dead end, but it sure is a maze. > I've connected it to my machine and it will run as a normal tape drive, > and you can load/unload the tapes in sequence. > mt offline will unload the current tape and load the next one. Maybe that is enough to make it work OK, together with amanda. > Getting chio to work depends on your SCSI adapter. > On a Future Domain 950 controller it will not work, > on an Adaptec 1542 it seems to work, but in the FreeBSD-scsi archives The controller is Adaptec 2940W. > I read something about a bit of broken code in the SCSI drivers, > but I can't remember where. > > Sorry for not giving you a definite yes or no, but I'm also a little lost here. > Maybe someone at FreeBSD-SCSI can help you. I'll x-post it to that list. Thanks! > > Have a nice day, It's snowing, but might be a nice day anyway :-) Same to you! -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message