Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:03:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com> To: softweyr@xmission.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org, crs@hamlet.lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby) Subject: Re: Help adding SCSI tape drive Message-ID: <199612180803.AAA03653@foo.primenet.com> References: <> <199612172310.QAA29543@xmission.xmission.com>
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[...] >Whoops, the SCSI bus probe didn't see the tape drive. You're certain >you have power to the tape drive? You're certain you've got the SCSI >cable plugged in right side up? (Don't laugh, I've done it myself with >IDE drives that weren't clearly labelled.) When you put a tape in and >close the door, does it make any whirring or clicking noises? Can you >use the diagnostics on the 2940 to "see" the tape drive? Hm. One idea. My 2940UW displays a little listing of all of the devices it sees on the SCSI chain while the computer is starting up. It sees all of my devices at that point. If yours shows the devices, this is a good place to check this. My tape drive showed up the very first time I turned on my computer with it set up properly. >> Thanks for any help. >I hope I've provided some. You need to get the 2940 talking to the >tape drive. [...] -- bryan k ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/
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