Re: HP Type C1559 problems
I'm using a HP SureStore 24x6 too, and have no problems talking to it with chio. I suspect there's some screwy optioning nonsense for the tape motion stuff that's wrong. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: HP Type C1559 problems
On 31-Jan-2000 Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Feb 01), Dmitry Samersoff said: In the last episode (Jan 31), Dmitry Samersoff said: I have problem with HP SureStore 24x6 I can read(write) only from one tape from catridge What does "chio status" return, and what does a "camcontrol devlist" print? root@shade:~chio status slot 0: ACCESS,FULL slot 1: ACCESS,FULL slot 2: ACCESS,FULL slot 3: ACCESS slot 4: ACCESS,FULL slot 5: ACCESS,FULL drive 0: ACCESS,FULL root@shade:~camcontrol devlist IBM DDRS-39130W S92A at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0) IBM DDRS-39130W S71D at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass1,da1) HP C1557A U709 at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (pass2,sa0) HP C1557A U709 at scbus0 target 5 lun 1 (pass3,ch0) I find now (after lots of experiments) that sending raw SCSI command helps me. Right command causing changer to load next tape looks like: camcontrol stop -n sa -t 100 -v camcontrol cmd -n sa -t 100 -v -c "1B 00 00 00 00 00" 1B is just an unload request, so your autoloader is probably in "dumb" 1B 00 00 - is unload request. Purpose of three extra bytes (00 xx 00) is unknown for me but 00 xx 01 it loads tape number x. 00 00 00 load next tape. (I find it in news, the same thing described in handbook's appendix for previouse model of HP changer) or "gravity feed" mode, where an ejected tape causes the next tape to be loaded automatically. chio is for smart autoloaders with random access. A "mt rewoffl" should do the same thing as your camcontrol mt rewoffl cause changer to rewind current tape, then unload it. It doesn't load next tape. -- Dmitry Samersoff, [EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ:3161705 http://devnull.wplus.net * There will come soft rains ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: HP Type C1559 problems
In the last episode (Jan 31), Dmitry Samersoff said: I have problem with HP SureStore 24x6 I can read(write) only from one tape from catridge Could anybody send me ether shell or C (preferable) sequence need to read tapes one by one? i.e something like: cat /dev/rsa0 camcontrol cmd -n rsa0.ctl -c "1B 00 00" You'll probably want to check out the "mt" and "chio" commands instead of sending raw SCSI commands :) "mt rewoffl" will rewind and eject a tape. The chio command manages autoloaders. "man mtio" for the C tape interface, and "man ch" for the C autoloader interface. cat /dev/rsa0 -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: HP Type C1559 problems
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jan 31), Dmitry Samersoff said: I have problem with HP SureStore 24x6 I can read(write) only from one tape from catridge Could anybody send me ether shell or C (preferable) sequence need to read tapes one by one? i.e something like: cat /dev/rsa0 camcontrol cmd -n rsa0.ctl -c "1B 00 00" You'll probably want to check out the "mt" and "chio" commands instead of sending raw SCSI commands :) "mt rewoffl" will rewind and eject a tape. The chio command manages autoloaders. "man mtio" for the C tape interface, and "man ch" for the C autoloader interface. I'm not so lazy as you belive ;-)) I tried all above before going to camcontrol. mt can rewind, erase end so on current tape, but can't change current slot number. chio report error for every comand except "chio status" . I find now (after lots of experiments) that sending raw SCSI command helps me. Right command causing changer to load next tape looks like: camcontrol stop -n sa -t 100 -v camcontrol cmd -n sa -t 100 -v -c "1B 00 00 00 00 00" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: HP Type C1559 problems
It sounds to me that you have this device strapped to be in 'stacker' mode- the command you're sending is the same as an 'mt offline' command- so it's loading the next tape in the changer. that means it won't show up as a changer on lun 1. I haven't seen one these beasts for 5-6 years- I don't recall what the switch settings are, but IIRC HP switch settings made no sense. On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Dmitry Samersoff wrote: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jan 31), Dmitry Samersoff said: I have problem with HP SureStore 24x6 I can read(write) only from one tape from catridge Could anybody send me ether shell or C (preferable) sequence need to read tapes one by one? i.e something like: cat /dev/rsa0 camcontrol cmd -n rsa0.ctl -c "1B 00 00" You'll probably want to check out the "mt" and "chio" commands instead of sending raw SCSI commands :) "mt rewoffl" will rewind and eject a tape. The chio command manages autoloaders. "man mtio" for the C tape interface, and "man ch" for the C autoloader interface. I'm not so lazy as you belive ;-)) I tried all above before going to camcontrol. mt can rewind, erase end so on current tape, but can't change current slot number. chio report error for every comand except "chio status" . I find now (after lots of experiments) that sending raw SCSI command helps me. Right command causing changer to load next tape looks like: camcontrol stop -n sa -t 100 -v camcontrol cmd -n sa -t 100 -v -c "1B 00 00 00 00 00" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
