On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:48:47AM -0500, Andy Howell wrote: > Andy Howell wrote: > > > >So, I wonder what the 'Incorrect Length Indicator Set' means? > > That turned out to be the key! > > Sorry to keep posting to myself, but I found the problem and thought > maybe I could save someone else the pain. It turns out that kernel did > not know about drive bacause the name had IBM in it. I added the > following entry to /kernel/drv/st.conf, rebooted and it worked. Not sure > what all the parameters mean. I just cut'n'pasted the corresponding > unbranded Exabyte ones. > > tape-config-list= > "EXABYTE IBM-8505", "Exabyte IBM-8505 8mm Helical > Scan","IBM-8505"; > IBM-8505 = 1,0x29,0,0xce39,4,0x14,0x15,0x8c,0x8c,1;
Checking st.conf entries was going to be one suggestion. Along with what does "prtconf -v" report about the drive and what entry it chose to use for the tape drive. You 'should have been' able to avoid a reboot after by using devfsadm(1m). That runs at boot time to check devices. With arguments it can be made to work on just a class of devices, like disk or tape or ... -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
