Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 08:47:13 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "mt eject" nonexistent? (FBSD-2.2.5) Message-ID: <199711051347.IAA25802@absinthe.i3inc.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 4 Nov 1997 18:59:58 -0500 (EST)" References: <199711042359.SAA08160@i4got.lakewood.com>
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I wrote about 2.2.5-STABLE appearing to not have an ability to
physically eject/unload a tape from a drive with the "mt" command.
Bunches of people told me to RTFM, "mt offline", etc. Guess I should
have said I did both of those, then clarified with what kind of drive
I was using. I did get some confirmation that I'm not totally insane:
On Tue, 04 Nov 1997 17:55:03 Jeff Wheat <jeff@tad.cetlink.net> wrote:
jeff> mt -f <device> offline does not work with my 4 tape
jeff> changer.. been going over it all day now.
Yup, I've got the Archive Python 4xDDS2 changer that has been in the
surplus/auction houses recently for as little as $150.
(aha0:6:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28849-XXX 4.CM" type 1 removable SCSI 2
(aha0:6:1): "ARCHIVE Python 28849-XXX 4.CM" type 8 removable SCSI 2
I guess it doesn't support physical eject.
I finally got "chio" to work by replacing my NCR810 SCSI card with an
Adaptec 1540, so now I can say
chio move drive 0 slot 3
or whatever to remove the tape to a slot. (The NCR caused SCSI
errors which others tell me is probably a bug in the driver).
Thanks.
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