The 342x is too old to respond with any sense data telling its device characteristics. It would require a driver where you could hard code the values before it would work.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Michael Short/Towers Perrin) "Hodge, Robert Subject: Re: Linux for zSeries 3420 Tape driver L" <robert.l.hodge @lmco.com> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ARIST.EDU> 06/16/2004 03:11 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port Mark, I made the determination by looking at the code and by experimenting. I attached a 3422 tape drive to a Linux guest at virtual device 181, attached a 3490 tape drive at virtual device 182, and entered "modprobe tape390 tape=181-182" on the Linux system. After the modprobe, the contents of /proc/tapedevices is: TapeNo DevNo CuType CuModel DevType DevMod BlkSize State Op MedState 1 0182 3490 10 3490 40 auto UNUSED --- UNLOADED And under /dev/tape there is only a 0182 device. The driver found the 3490 tape drive, but not the 3422 tape drive. Robert Hodge -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux for zSeries 3420 Tape driver When you say the current driver "appears to only support" 34x0 tapes, did you determine that by experimenting? I looked at the code and didn't see anything referring to 3420, but I don't have any 3420 drives to test and see if it works anyway. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hodge, Robert L Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux for zSeries 3420 Tape driver Is there a Linux for zSeries 3420 tape driver? We have an occasional requirement to copy reels to cartridges. z/VM 5.1 is dropping support 3420 tape drives. I'm investigating whether 3420 tape drives could be attached to a Linux guest as unsupported VM devices, and then use Linux commands to copy the tape reels to tape cartridges. The IBM Linux tape driver appears to only support 3480/3490 tape drives. My web searches for a 3420 tape driver have failed. Robert Hodge ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390