problems accessing scsi tape drive.

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 18.04.2004 schrieb Bill Kenney um 16:23:

> Hello,
> 
> I had a similar problem with an Adapted 2940 card which worked with
> everything but Fedora.
> 
> The solution was to run # insmod aic7xxx_old.o
> 
> This solution was provided by a person on this list.

I think it was me ;)

> Maybe there is an ncr53c8xx_old.o module you could install to solve the
> problem.

No, the ncr53c8xx .o is already the older driver. The new one is called
sym53c8xx.o.

> Remember to backup before making changes to give you a way back!
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 04:19, Martijn Moret wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to access a SCSI tape drive DDS-3 on Fedore core 1.
> > In the messages and dmesg it shows up fine, but I can't run mt command's
> > on the drive!
> > 
> > When connected to another machine (some controller) but running RH9 the
> > drive works fine.
> > 
> > Any hints would be nice.
> > 
> > Dmesgs:
> > PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:08.0
> > ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 8, function 0
> > ncr53c8xx: 53c810a detected

A very old SCSI chip/controller, I think it even has no own BIOS.

> > ncr53c810a-0: rev 0x23 on pci bus 0 device 8 function 0 irq 11
> > ncr53c810a-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity Checking
> > scsi1 : ncr53c8xx-3.4.3b-20010512
> >   Vendor: HP        Model: C1537A            Rev: L610
> >   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> > Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> > st: Version 20030406, bufsize 32768, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16
> > Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
> > ncr53c810a-0-<5,*>: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)

Do the following 5 lines appear after accessing the tape drive with
commands?

> > st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes.
> > ncr53c810a-0: releasing host resources
> > ncr53c810a-0: resetting chip
> > ncr53c810a-0: host resources successfully released
> > scsi : 1 host left.
> > 
> > TIA
> > Martijn

Alexander


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