From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 18 7:40:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu (larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu [128.84.247.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD9A37BA34 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:40:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mkc@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu) Received: from larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu (mkc@localhost) by larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA55899; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:40:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mkc@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu) Message-Id: <200004181440.KAA55899@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu> To: Oscar Ricardo Silva Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overland DLT changer and chio ?? -- Seemingly fixed In-Reply-To: Message from Oscar Ricardo Silva of "Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:18:15 CDT." <4.2.2.20000417161144.00a6fd90@mail.utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:40:29 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I do plan on using chg-scsi when I install Amanda 2.4.1p1 but I wanted to >make sure I could control the drives with the tools that come >installed. I'm fairly new to all this and didn't want to jump into using a >package without having learned the basics of the device. Also, if >something were to happen to the Amanda config or install, I would still be >able to manipulate tapes in the autoloader. understandable >I do believe I found the source of my problem. On the control panel to the >autoloader, you can set the device to work either in Sequential or Random >mode. With Amanda, I thought I would run it in Sequential mode so that the >tapes would be ordered by date. I started thinking about this and just for >grins put the device in Random mode. Lo and behold, all the "chio" >commands now work. Glad to hear that. I expect to be moving my Overland to a FreeBSD system sometime in the next few months. It's currently attached to a HP-UX (gag) machine. BTW, you really, really, really do want to run in random mode unless you have a changer that won't support it. The reason is not so much for backups, which normally use the tapes sequentially, but for restores. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message