[ale] SCSI Tape Drive with SUSE 9.2 (Resolved)

[Greg Freemyer]

Actually Geoffry's stinit from mt_st did the trick.  Thanks again.

My SCSI cable decided the best time to die is while I'm
troubleshooting the tape drive.

I hate it when one thing breaks in the middle of troubleshooting something else.

Greg

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:13:57 -0500, Greg Freemyer
<greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>