Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:45:10 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Joe in MPLS <joe@gracenpeace.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LTO3 tape drive not detected Message-ID: <F88F168E-F70F-4640-823C-33689D9CDB92@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4E03A647.5070501@gracenpeace.net>
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On 24/06/2011, at 6:17, Joe in MPLS wrote: > This was originally posted on the freebsd-questions list. It was suggested that I post it here: > > I have FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE running on an HP DL360 G5. I recently added an (HP branded) LSI Logic single channel SCSI 320 card and attached an HP Ultrium 920 LTO3 tape drive. > > The system sees the SCSI controller as mpt0, and it seems to know there's something at SCSI ID 4, but I get an "AutoSense Failed" for hba/id/lun 0:4:0 at boot and subsequent camcontrol rescans. > > I checked the supported hardware doc for the release but it doesn't get very specific about tape drives. This is my first experience with LTO3 tape. I was hoping that I'd automagically get a /dev/sa0 device like I always did with my old DLT drives but it wasn't to be this time. > > Is there a way to make this drive work? I'd check the cabling etc.. I have an LTO2 drive that "Just works (tm)". Can you boot a Linux ISO and see if that finds it? -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8Chome | help
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