From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 14 20:08:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA02608 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 20:08:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cheops.anu.edu.au (avalon@cheops.anu.edu.au [150.203.76.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA02567 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 20:08:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708150308.UAA02567@hub.freebsd.org> Received: by cheops.anu.edu.au (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA219604469; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:07:49 +1000 From: Darren Reed Subject: Re: Archive Python tape drive, 2.1.7 & 1522g To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:07:49 +1000 (EST) Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199708141535.BAA20965@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Aug 15, 97 01:05:32 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In some mail from Michael Smith, sie said: > > Darren Reed stands accused of saying: > > at work we've dug up two Archive Pyhton tape drives: > > 25588-XXX 2.96 > > 28388-XXX 5.45 > > > > both are scanned successfully by FreeBSD 2.1.7 at boot time, but any > > attempt to access the drive goes nowhere. Not even "mt -f status" > > works. > > Could you perhaps proffer the boot-time probe messages? yup: Aug 13 10:48:56 taranis /kernel: (aic0:4:0): "ARCHIVE Python 25588-XXX 2.96" typ e 1 removable SCSI 2 Aug 13 10:48:56 taranis /kernel: st0(aic0:4:0): Sequential-Access density code 0 x13, 512-byte blocks, write-enabled (DIP switches enable SCSI-2 & Parity, Self test = off, reserved = off) and then later: Aug 14 12:28:07 taranis /kernel: (aic0:4:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28388-XXX 5.45" typ e 1 removable SCSI 2 Aug 14 12:28:07 taranis /kernel: st0(aic0:4:0): Sequential-Access density code 0 x13, drive empty term power off, term off