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From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>
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Subject: Re: SCSI backup tape drive recommendations (again)
In-Reply-To: <19980126103850.37289@lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Jan 26, 98 10:38:50 am"
To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:28:52 -0600 (CST)
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> >>> I've got several of those drives, and they work great. They need a *ton* of
> >>> airflow though, so if you mount them internally, put a fan behind them.
> >>>
> >>> I submitted a PR a while back showing how to use the scsi command to
> >>> autoload with them. (ch0 doesn't work on this drive)
> >>
> >> I've had one of these drives controlled with ch0 for over a year and a half.
> >> Did you forget to hack scsiconf.c so the other LUNs get probed?
> >>
> >
> > Tried that.... It worked, but after 4-5 changes, the drive would either
> > display 'ERROR 43' or say 'LOAD 0' and try to load a tape above where it
> > could reach, and lock up.... It was sending goofy commands to it I think...
> 
> What device was this?  Was it new or refurbished?  What kind of
> carrier were you using (4 or 10 tapes)?  What happens when you just
> issue an eject command?
> 
> Greg
> 

We have one new, and two refurbished. They all act the same way with ch0,
but fine with using the scsi commands i hashed out...

Eject works fine.

Kevin