Hmmm... well, I can see that the drive is there, and I can even control it somewhat (get status, do an 'offline' to eject a tape) via MT. However, whenever I try to read or write to the device, I get weird errors from the kernel (FreeBSD 4.5). I'm connected via an Adaptec 19160 PCI->SCSI card, and it's a seagate STD6240 (ie, DDS-3)....
Any suggestions? Thanks, Ricky -----Original Message----- From: Chris Dahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday 20 February 2002 10:10 AM To: Morse, Richard E. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Testing a tape drive? On Wednesday 20 February 2002 09:54 am, Morse, Richard E. wrote: > Hi! Is there any canonical way to test a tape drive? I just configured a > new system, and want to make sure that the tape drives are being recognized > correctly. > > Thanks, > Ricky > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Richard Morse System Administrator > MGH Biostatistics Center 50 Staniford St. Rm 560 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617/724-9830 On linux systems (well, redhat anyways) you can run 'scsi_info' to see information about scsi devices. You can also try 'mt' and see if it is able to interface with the device. -- Chris Dahn, SERG Code Ninja 3141 Chestnut St. Attn: MCS Department Philadephia, PA 19104 Office: 215.895.0203 Fax: 215.895.1582 <->Software Engineering Research Group<-> Feel the SERG! http://serg.mcs.drexel.edu/ CAT 186, The Microwave http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Christopher+Dahn&op=index
