umm... solved months ago! i posted a reply to the list then with the solution.
Thanks for replying though Phil :o) Cheers, Chris |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phil Cooper |Sent: Friday, 1 February 2002 21:19 |To: Chris Herrmann; [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: Travan TR5 drives... | | |Chris | |I had the exact same problem a few months back. The solution |is to enable |IDE-SCSI support (I used loadable modules on RH7.1). You can |then access |the device with nst0, instead on nht0. It will then work like a champ. | |I mentioned this on the list at the time if you want to check |the archives. | |Hope this helps | |Phil | |PS If you can work out how to load the required modules on |system startup, |please let me know.... | | |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Herrmann |Sent: 01 February 2002 01:19 |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Travan TR5 drives... | | |Hi all, | |I've just installed amanda on a linux 2.4.17 box, compiled |with IDE tape |drive support... everything seemed happy, until I tried |labelling my first |tape. | |The box is a dell poweredge 500SC. | |tape devices are /dev/ht0 & /dev/nht0 | |The tape device is identified correctly as a Seagate TR5... |has a TR5 tape |in it. | |When labelling, it checks the label ok, rewinds, writes a new |label ok, then |rewinds again to see if the write it just did is still ok, and |here it hung |(hard-hang i.e. pull out the powercord). | |I used the tapetype listed on amanda.org: | |define tapetype tr5 | | comment "TR-5 Seagate STT220000N-RFT" | length 9598 mbytes | filemark 15 kbytes | speed 720 kps |} | |Has anyone had any grief with this? Anyone gotten them to work? | |Thanks, | |Chris Herrmann |Far Edge Technology | |p. 02 99553640 |f. 02 99547994 |m. 0403 393309 |http://www.faredge.com.au |
