Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Gavin Seddon
: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 04:26:23PM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: This is my 1st Gentoo and the tape never worked on Debian. It does work on Redhat/Fedora but a tape's not a good reason to use this. Is the Redhat/Fedora system it works on a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Brett Johnson
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:23:56AM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: The Fedora is 2.4 kernel which I will migrate to today and if this doesn't solve my probs. I will swap my scsi controller. If I remove my tape, what should I do with it? (don't be rude) I have been obsessed with backups since

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Brett Johnson
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:05:06AM -0600, Brett Johnson wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 02:56:10PM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, I am not thinking of fedora as an option. I will go to the 2.4 kernel and get removable hdds in the future. Do I put the 2.4 name in

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Gavin Seddon
. - Original Message - From: Brett Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:23:56AM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: The Fedora is 2.4 kernel

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Drake Donahue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: usb2.0 external hard drive has to be feasible. less than a $100 for 80gb. nominal 60MB/sec. usb2.0\1394b external hard drive. less than $300 for 300 gb. nominal 60MB\80MB/sec. Using what hardware? I've used more than a dozen different

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/19/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/19/05, Drake Donahue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: usb2.0 external hard drive has to be feasible. less than a $100 for 80gb. nominal 60MB/sec. usb2.0\1394b external hard drive. less than $300 for 300 gb. nominal 60MB\80MB/sec. Using

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there. However, faster 1394 performance is available in Linux. Here's my 1394b drive: Ah thanks, good to know. Making a mental note to make sure my next laptop has a 1394_b_ port, or to pickup a new cardbus card... -Richard --

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/19/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/19/05, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there. However, faster 1394 performance is available in Linux. Here's my 1394b drive: Ah thanks, good to know. Making a mental note to make sure my next laptop has a 1394_b_ port, or to

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-16 Thread Gavin Seddon
On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 18:36 -0800, Steve Herber wrote: Besides lspci and lsusb, I like lshw. sys-apps/lshw From the man page: lshw is a small tool to extract detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration, firmware

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-16 Thread Gavin Seddon
Hi, lshw gave ' ' *-scsi UNCLAIMED description: SCSI storage controller product: 360P vendor: Initio Corporation physical id: 6 bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:06.0 version: 02

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-16 Thread Brett Johnson
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 02:56:38PM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: description: SCSI storage controller product: 360P vendor: Initio Corporation version: 02

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-16 Thread Gavin Seddon
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 09:17 -0600, Brett Johnson wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 02:56:38PM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: description: SCSI storage controller product: 360P vendor: Initio Corporation version: 02

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-16 Thread Drake Donahue
, December 16, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 04:26:23PM +, Gavin Seddon wrote: This is my 1st Gentoo and the tape never worked on Debian. It does work on Redhat/Fedora but a tape's not a good reason to use

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-12 Thread Gavin Seddon
I thought comments should be posted at the top of the rply so users don't have to scroll thru' endless postings to reach the necessary 'bit'. Also, No, I cannot ping this machine when it locks-up. I tried this first. I will build kernels with both kinds of board to see which works. On Mon,

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-12 Thread Steve Herber
Besides lspci and lsusb, I like lshw. sys-apps/lshw From the man page: lshw is a small tool to extract detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed,

[gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-08 Thread Duncan
Gavin Seddon posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:25:07 +: Hi, I have a scsi tape with an initio controller. 'dmesg' sees initio 360p. But when I use mt I get ' mt -f /dev/st0 eject /dev/st0: No such device or address' Where will the tape be? Well, /is/

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work

2005-12-08 Thread Gavin Seddon
Yes /dev/st0 is there. How should I start the device, as far as I remember I built all scsi modules into the kernel. Gavin. On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 07:40 -0700, Duncan wrote: find /dev/ -name st0 -- Dr Gavin Seddon School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Manchester Oxford