Re: IDE Tape Drive Compatibilty

From: Tony Jenkins (tony_jenkins_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 08/29/04

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    Thanks. I did get it to work as ht0 but I cannot find any software that
    uses that address.

    As for using st0, I seem to have a problem. I placed /dev/hda =ide-scsi
    (the correct reference for my drive) in grub but I get and error at startup.
    It flies by quickly but it seems to be that module scsi_mon is not found.
    What would I enable (using Mandrake 10) in the kernel to cause it to
    generate that module during a recompile?

    "John-Paul Stewart" <jpstewart@binaryfoundry.ca> wrote in message
    news:m1vkgc.hlu.ln@mail.binaryfoundry.ca...
    > Tony Jenkins wrote:
    >> Is it possioble to get a Seagate Travan drive to work under linux. I am
    >> trying to configure my Seagate STT20000 10/20 ide tape drive under
    >> Mandrake
    >> 10 (download version). I previously tried Fedora 2 and SUSE 9.1. Upon
    >> boot
    >> the drive is recognized properly and given the value of ht0. However,
    >> neither mt nor Mandrake's built in backup can operate the drive. mt gives
    >> an
    >> "i/o error"and the built=in software reports "no device found". Modprobe
    >
    > Did you use 'mt -f /dev/ht0' or make /dev/tape a symlink to /dev/ht0
    > before using mt? Otherwise mt won't know which device to use.
    >
    >> shows that the ide-tape moduke is loaded and the tape was recognized
    >> under
    >> another version of linux.
    >>
    >> I would especially like to configure the drive the run in scsi emulation
    >> so
    >> that it can be used by the widest array of software, but at this point,
    >> I'd
    >> settle just for its running.
    >
    > IDE-SCSI is certainly the best bet. Quite some time ago, several other
    > people and I all discussed our problems with STT20000A drive and the
    > ide-tape driver. The tape should work with DMA disabled. 'hdparm -d0
    > /dev/hdX' will turn off DMA. (hdX corresponds to the block device for
    > your tape drive. hda for the primary master, and so on, just like with
    > IDE hard drives.)
    >
    > However, I'd encourage you to set up IDE-SCSI emulation instead. Add the
    > appropriate 'hdX=ide-scsi' line to your LILO or GRUB configuration,
    > reboot, 'modprobe st', and you're good to go. Note that this should work
    > with DMA enabled, too.
    >

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