[ale] SCSI Tape Drive with SUSE 9.2

[Greg Freemyer]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:12:17 -0500, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:21:13 -0500, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> 
> > CD for all of my SUSE 9.2 installs.
> 
> I've heard that the dvd contains stuff the cds don't.  This doesn't make
> a lot of sense for a piece of software I would think is critical.
> 
> > Please do send me the rpm.  I' m working offsite today, so I will test
> > it out Wed.
> 
> It's attached.
> 
> >
> > I will also look on the DVD.  I have not tried accessing it with SUSE
> > 9.2, but my DVD drive did not seem to work with SUSE 8.2.
> 
> It's great if you can get it that way, never swap a disc.
> 
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
> 

Still no tape :(

Any more suggestions anyone?

=== current status:
The DVD works fine, I just had not tried it with 9.2, so now I have
access to all the rpms.

With mt_st installed I now have stinit.

running stinit causes the kernel module "st" to be loaded, but
/dev/tape and /dev/st0 are still not tied to anything.

With a 2.4 kernel (where it works) I get the below in messages during
the boot sequence:

>> Oct  1 09:02:01 tapeserver kernel: (scsi2:A:2): 40.000MB/s
transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
>> Oct  1 09:02:05 tapeserver kernel:   Vendor: IBM       Model:
ULTRIUM-TD1       Rev: 12U5
>> Oct  1 09:02:05 tapeserver kernel:   Type:   Sequential-Access     
            ANSI SCSI revision: 03
>> Oct  1 09:02:05 tapeserver kernel: blk: queue c3f21e14, I/O limit
4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>> Oct  1 09:02:08 tapeserver kernel: st: Version 20020805, bufsize
32768, wrt 30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16
>> Oct  1 09:02:08 tapeserver kernel: Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi2,
channel 0, id 2, lun 0

With the 2.6.8 kernel from SUSE I only get:

>> Dec  1 11:45:39 tapeserver kernel: st: Version 20040403, fixed
bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256


In /proc I have:
# cat /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/2    # I have 2 3ware cards in the smae
system that are scsi0 and scsi1

Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 6.2.36
Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter
aic7892: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
Allocated SCBs: 4, SG List Length: 128

Serial EEPROM:
0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 
0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 0xc33a 
0x08f4 0x7c5c 0x2807 0x0010 0x0300 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 
0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0x0250 0xe64e 

Target 0 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 1 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 2 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 3 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 4 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 5 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 6 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 7 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 8 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 9 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 10 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 11 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 12 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 13 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 14 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 15 Negotiation Settings
	User: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 127, 16bit)


Thanks
Greg