From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 05:47:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA10462 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 05:47:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from absinthe.i3inc.com (Absinthe.i3inc.com [209.31.147.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA10450 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 05:47:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@absinthe.i3inc.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by absinthe.i3inc.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id IAA25802 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 08:47:13 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711051347.IAA25802@absinthe.i3inc.com> X-Authentication-Warning: absinthe.i3inc.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "mt eject" nonexistent? (FBSD-2.2.5) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 4 Nov 1997 18:59:58 -0500 (EST)" References: <199711042359.SAA08160@i4got.lakewood.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.03 on Emacs 20.2.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 08:47:13 -0500 From: Chris Shenton Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 wrote: jeff> mt -f 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.