Luke Lussier wrote: > Greetings, > > (Apologies in advance if this is not the correct list for this question) > > I am attemping to get a new tape drive (Quantum DLT4000, external) working > on my FreeBSD (4.5-R, i386) machine. The kernel detects the drive during > boot: > > ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem > 0xe7003000-0xe7003fff irq 11 at device 13.0 on pci0 > aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs > sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 > sa0: <Quantum DLT4000 DA97> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device > sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) > > However, when trying to interact with the /dev/sa0 device via mt and tar > commands, the device is reported to be busy: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev $ mt status > mt: /dev/nsa0: Device busy > ('mt offline' fails with the same message, as well) > > I have tried resetting the drive, changing SCSI IDs, rebooting, reseating > the tape cartridge, to no avail. The tape drive works under a > Solaris/Sparc 8 machine, so I do not believe the drive or cable are at > fault. > > I am unfamiliar with tape drives in general under BSD. Am I doing > something wrong? > > -Luke > Have you tried to interact with the device on "scsi-level" using the camcontrol(8) program
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