Subject: Re: scsi tape drive.
From: Matthew Schumacher (schu@schu.net)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2001 - 14:59:43 AKST
YUP
James Bagley Jr. wrote:
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> Do you have SCSI Tape support built into the kernel?
>
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Matthew Schumacher wrote:
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>>I don't know what is wrong with this, so I figured I'd ask before I
>>spend some more time on it.
>>
>>I got a machine with a 2.4.10 kernel on it and I am trying access the
>>scsi tape drive, but I get the error "/dev/st0: Device not configured".
>>
>>Anyway, here is some information about the setup:
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>>dmesg:
>>
>>SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
>>PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0c.0
>>Configuring GDT-PCI HA at 0/12 IRQ 11
>>scsi0 : GDT6518RD
>> Vendor: ICP Model: Host Drive #00 Rev:
>> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 04106-XXX Rev: 735B
>> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-6401TA Rev: 1001
>> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>>st: Version 20010812, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g
>>segs 16
>>Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 2, id 5, lun 0
>>Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>>SCSI device sda: 35824950 512-byte hdwr sectors (18342 MB)
>>Partition check:
>> sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 >
>>Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 2, id 6, lun 0
>>sr0: scsi-1 drive
>>
>>*Note the attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0
>>
>>I have a /dev/st0 device and it is set up correctly according to the
>>linux 2.4 SCSI-HOW-TO
>>(http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/dnames.html)
>>
>># stat /dev/st0
>> File: "/dev/st0"
>> Size: 0 Filetype: Character Device
>> Mode: (0660/crw-rw----) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 6/
>> disk)
>>Device: 8,5 Inode: 23422 Links: 1 Device type: 9,0
>>Access: Tue May 5 12:32:27 1998(01288.04:03:37)
>>Modify: Tue May 5 12:32:27 1998(01288.04:03:37)
>>Change: Wed Feb 9 08:18:59 2000(00643.07:17:05)
>>
>>Here is the error in action:
>>
>># mt -f /dev/st0 status
>>/dev/st0: Device not configured
>>
>>Thanks,
>>schu
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