On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:22:07PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 20 November 2002 17:10, Damon Conway wrote: > >Hello all, > >I've been wrestling with chg-scsi and my Quantum changer all day. > > Here are the specs: > > > >Red Hat 8.0 w/ kernel 2.4.18 > >Quantum SuperLoader SDLT 3520L > >Amanda 2.4.3 > > > >If I set changerdev to /dev/sg0 and dev to /dev/nst0, I get this: > > > ># sudo /usr/local/libexec/chg-scsi -info > >Can't get ElementStatus > ># > > > >I can't find anything on that error in the list archives, > > searching Google, or looking in the docs (TAPE.CHANGERS or > > FAQ-O-MATIC). According to /proc/scsi/sg/device*, /dev/sg0 is > > "QUANTUM SuperDLT1 2A2A". I'm assuming that the error means > > that it can't talk to the device. > > > One thing that can trip up the unwary is that, depending on the > drive, the changer robot may be at the same bus address as the > drive, but is lun=1 where the drive is lun=0. Thats the case here > at my place. > > The tripup is that the stock kernel dos not AFAIK, do a "scan all > luns" at startup, thereby missing the changer robot. This is an > option you may have to turn on and rebuild the kernel to make work > if thats the case with your changer.
Ah ha! This solved the problem. Thanks. I'll see about adding something about this to docs/TAPE.CHANGERS and creating a diff. Where does stuff like that get sent? Thanks, Damon -- GPG Key Info: http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA7F06E8E Key fingerprint = E899 017C 83C9 110B 10E9 44F6 6AD9 6D61 A7F0 6E8E "Sometimes your temperature, it really gets higher, and the music sets your soul on fire." - Peter Tosh 'Reggae Mylitis'
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