On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Thomas Hepper wrote:
> > > >Well, I've tried the 'sst' driver and it works only slightly better than
> > > >the 'sgen' driver. With the 'sst' driver I can send as many 'mtx inquiry'
> > > >commands as I like and they all work.
> > >
> > > What about "mtx -f /dev/rsst5 status"?
> >
> > No dice:
> >
> > # mtx -f /dev/rsst5 status
> > mtx: No such device or address
> > mtx: Request Sense: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > mtx: READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed
>
> Hmm, what happens if you use chg-scsi from the 2.5.0 development
> version of amanda. I'm currently working a little bit on it, and if
> you like we can try to get it running, either with the sgen driver or
> the sst driver.
After some more fiddling, and discovering (somewhat red-faced, but it was
at 3 am in the morning!) that the ADIC unit does *not* automatically
'load' the magazine when it receives SCSI commands addressed to the
robotics, I've got the 'stctl' driver built, installed and working
perfectly. 8-)
I still needed to sort out the stctl code to correct the header file
problems, but so far there don't seem to be any other operational
problems. The fact that the driver only operates using slot numbers might
be a problem at a later date if Amanda gains support for spreading large
dumps over multiple tapes, but for now it's ok.
Regards,
Craig.
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