Wow - so many replies so quick thanks to all:
At 01:17 PM 20/06/2001 +1000, BB wrote:
>Do you have a stock kernel or have you built your own?
Stock - I don't believe e-smith mess with the kernel.
> >You could build your kernel and make sure the card's driver and the st
> driver
> >are included.
Can't do this as changes will be lost with version upgrades of e-smith
unfortunately.
Then John Fertillo wrote:
>If you run the commands below you should get something similar to the
>displayed output
>
># ls -l /dev/nst0
>crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 128 Jul 6 2000 /dev/nst0
bash-2.04$ ls -l /dev/nst0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 128 Aug 24 2000 /dev/nst0
>#cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
> Vendor: WangDAT Model: Model 3400DX Rev: 1.5a
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
bash-2.04$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices: none
>#cat /proc/devices
>Character devices:
><snip>
> 9 st
><snip>
bash-2.04$ cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 ttyS
5 cua
7 vcs
10 misc
14 sound
29 fb
36 netlink
128 ptm
136 pts
162 raw
180 usb
Block devices:
1 ramdisk
2 fd
3 ide0
9 md
22 ide1
>the /dev/nst0 makes sure the device is setup with righ major and minor
>numbers
>
>/proc/scsi/scsi checks the device is being recognised by the linux scsi
>device driver
>
>/proc/devices checks that you have tape support compiled in to the
>kernel
Mmm - it alledgedly does have tape support it it's weird none seems to be
there.
>maybe you need to load a module
bash-2.04$ sudo /sbin/insmod st
Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/scsi/st.o
insmod: a module named st already exists
Then Terry Collins wrote:
>Can you access it with control + A on boot up?
will try it later - no scsi bios loads I don't think so I doubt it.
>Does it have parameter (io, irq) that can be set (I wouldn't expect this
>with PCI) ?
No - will scan the bios again to see if maybe something is in there.
>What module are you loading to access it?
the st module is supposed to load automatically and it is judging from the
above insmod output.
>Is this a running IDE system with the scsi added in?
Yes - a single ide drive with pci scsi.
>What parameters did you put in /etc/modules.conf?
I didn't change the parameters from the standard e-smith setup, which
alledgedly provides tape support for any redhat 7.0 compatible scsi device
and tape drive.
The e-smith website explicitly states support for my adaptec card, but it
looks to me like I still have no confirmation that the card is being seen
by e-smith. Is there some definitive test I can run to check this short of
connecting a different scsi device? Is the dmesg report definitive? (ie it
reports scsi hosts 0)
Thanks very much again for your feedback.
Graeme.
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