Adding a SCSI controller and SCSI Tape drive

[Nigel Wade]

Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> Ok, just tried another tape drive same deal, when I attempt to access the
> drive with "mt -f /dev/st0 stat" the command hangs, I'm unable to kill the
> process either (same as before)
> 

Check your SCSI cabling and termination. If you have term power enabled on the 
device try disabling it and using an external, active, terminator. How long is 
the SCSI cable?

Is there an sg3_utils package for FC5? I use RHAS, and find the sg3_utils 
package to be exceedingly useful for testing SCSI device comms. It allows you to 
send SCSI commands to the device via the sg device driver.

Check your SCSI cabling and termination again...

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