From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 4 16:36:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA22453 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:36:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA22375 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:35:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id LAA16291; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 11:05:41 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971105110541.34186@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 11:05:41 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Jeff Wheat Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MT OFFLINE not ejecting tapes References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Jeff Wheat on Tue, Nov 04, 1997 at 02:19:42PM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Nov 04, 1997 at 02:19:42PM -0500, Jeff Wheat wrote: > Just installed an Archive 4586 tape changer and I am unable to get > mt offline to eject tapes from the drive back into the magazine. > All chio commands are working as expected, as is the drive is dumping > and restoring. I need to get this to work with amanda-2.4.0.3's > seagate-changer program. I have yet to find the problem and I am > really needing to find a solution soon. The hardware config is > an adaptec 2940uw scsi controller and archive 4586np drive running > under freebsd 2.2.2. Any help at all is greatly appreciated! What do you expect it to do? It *should* change to the next tape. I have this same changer on a straight 2940, and have had no trouble. Greg