Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 09:42:49 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "mt eject" nonexistent? (FBSD-2.2.5) Message-ID: <19971106094249.33264@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199711051347.IAA25802@absinthe.i3inc.com>; from Chris Shenton on Wed, Nov 05, 1997 at 08:47:13AM -0500 References: <199711042359.SAA08160@i4got.lakewood.com> <199711051347.IAA25802@absinthe.i3inc.com>
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On Wed, Nov 05, 1997 at 08:47:13AM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote: > 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 have had one of these drives for nearly a year, and so far it's been the most reliable DDS drive I ever had. This is exactly the probe string from my machine. It supports 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). This might be the real reason. Have you tried 'mt offline' since changing the host adapter? Greg
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