Re: setup external scsi tape drive
From: Rick Moen (rick_at_linuxmafia.com)
Date: 10/13/04
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:48:49 GMT
migur <migurus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is too much for me, I am not h/w man at all.
> Would you post a pointer for me how to re-define tape devise?
> I appreciate it,
I'd help you, except I don't understand your question in this context.
Let me try to paraphrase what I was saying, earlier: You posted the
output from dmesg and the contents of /proc/scsi/scsi. That was a very
good idea on your part, and was most helpful -- because, if your running
kernel had even seen the _adapter_ that your SCSI-based HP DAT drive is
connected to, we would have seen it listed among the enumerated devices.
Since it was _not_ so listed, I strongly suspect that your running
kernel doesn't have the driver for whatever SCSI adapter your HP DAT
drive is connected to.
Which in turn prompted my question: What SCSI adapter _is_ that? What
chip does it use? Once you produce that information, someone here can
inform you about what driver it requires, and maybe help you make sure
it gets loaded at boot time.
If you don't know the answer to that question, open up the computer
case, trace the SCSI cable from the back of the HP DAT drive to its
other end, and figure out what SCSI card or motherboard-embedded SCSI
chip is driving it. Post that information back to this newsgroup,
preferably with a short, concise reminder about the nature of your
problem (since people aren't going to keep those details in mind).
What I said about putting "alias ftape off" into /etc/modules.conf
was in response to your expressing surprise and perplexity about the
ftape driver loading during bootup: Making that change will _prevent_
that driver from loading, since plainly it should not.
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