Hello,
Yes there is a /dev/st0 available, no entries in the /proc/scsi/scsi to
reflect any tape devices except my ide-scsi emulated ide burner.
Any suggestions ? RedHat has tested this drive and says its good, but
we have issues. :-(
Cheers,
Aly.
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 14:49, Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 11:47, Aly Dharshi wrote:
> > Hello Gurus,
> >
> > I hope that you are well. I have the following devices in a Dell 8300
> > dimesion:
> >
> > Symbios Logic (SYM53C875)
> > Compaq/HP Sure Works DAT DDS-4 SDT-10000 20/40 GB tape drive
> >
> > /var/log/messages:
> >
> > Aug 26 09:49:04 thor kernel: Kernel command line: ro root=LABEL=/
> > hdd=ide-scsi
> > Aug 26 09:49:04 thor kernel: ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: hdd: attached ide-scsi driver.
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE
> > ATAPI devices
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: sym53c875-0: restart (scsi reset).
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: sym53c875-1: restart (scsi reset).
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: scsi1 : sym53c8xx-1.7.3c-20010512
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: scsi2 : sym53c8xx-1.7.3c-20010512
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: scsi : 1 host left.
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel
> > 0, id 0, lun 0
> > Aug 26 09:49:05 thor kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw
> > xa/form2 cdda tray
> >
> > So the card is detected but it seems that the tape drive isn't.
> > modprobe -c shows that the st is there.
> >
>
> It is intersting to me that st is loaded when there is apparently no
> reason for it since the tape drive is not seem
>
> What is in /proc/scsi/, anything interesting? You might need to drill
> into the directory for your card.
>
> my dlt drive is in /proc/scsi/scsi:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] scsi]$ pwd
> /proc/scsi
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] scsi]$ ls
> scsi sym53c8xx
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] scsi]$ cat scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> Vendor: DEC Model: DLT2000 15/30 GB Rev: 840B
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
>
>
> > Any ideas why a mt -f /dev/st0 status would fail with the error:
> >
> > /dev/st0: No such device
>
> if the kernel does not see the tape drive, there most likely is no
> device there. does /dev/st0 exist?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] scsi]$ ls -l /dev/st0
> crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Apr 11 2002 /dev/st0
>
>
> Bret
>
>
> >
> > on a Redhat 9 box ?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Aly.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Aly S.P Dharshi
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> > Southern Alberta Digital Library Project
> >
> >
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> > that's short enough to be interesting
> > and long enough to cover the subject"
> >
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