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From: Jose Gonzalez Gomez <jgonzalez.openinput@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with tape autochanger
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:35:23
Message-Id: 306bf010508090628574dbb69@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Problem with tape autochanger by Jose Gonzalez Gomez
1 2005/8/9, Jose Gonzalez Gomez <jgonzalez.openinput@×××××.com>:
2 > Hi there,
3 >
4 > I'm trying to setup a backup system using an HP SureStore 40x6, but
5 > this is the first time I'm using tapes under Linux and I'm a bit lost.
6 >
7 > It seems I cannot access the tapes, as I get the following:
8 > cognos ~ # mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
9 > /dev/nst0: No such device or address
10 > cognos ~ # mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
11 > /dev/st0: No such device or address
12 >
13 > cognos ~ # ls -l /dev/nst0
14 > crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 128 mar 10 18:47 /dev/nst0
15 > cognos ~ # ls -l /dev/st0
16 > crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 0 mar 10 18:47 /dev/st0
17 >
18 > It seems my system has not detected the tape autochanger, as I only
19 > get the SCSI disk in the list of SCSI devices:
20 > cognos ~ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi
21 > Attached devices:
22 > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
23 > Vendor: COMPAQ Model: BD07296B44 Rev: HPB6
24 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
25 >
26 >
27 > I have two SCSI adapters:
28 > cognos ~ # lspci
29 > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) GCNB-LE Host
30 > Bridge (rev 32)
31 > 0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) GCNB-LE Host Bridge
32 > 0000:00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
33 > 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme
34 > BCM5702X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
35 > 0000:00:05.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Advanced
36 > System Management Controller
37 > 0000:00:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02)
38 > 0000:00:08.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic
39 > 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)
40 > 0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme
41 > BCM5705_2 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
42 > 0000:00:0e.0 IDE interface: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) CSB6 IDE
43 > Controller (rev a0)
44 > 0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) CSB6 South
45 > Bridge (rev a0)
46 > 0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) CSB6 OHCI
47 > USB Controller (rev 05)
48 > 0000:00:0f.3 Host bridge: Broadcom (formerly ServerWorks) GCLE-2 Host Bridge
49 >
50 >
51 > I think the tape autochanger is connected to the second one (LSI Logic
52 > / Symbios Logic 53c1030), so I have checked my kernel config searching
53 > for drivers. Everything I can think of seems to be compiled in the
54 > kernel, or as modules I have tried to modprobe, but with no positive
55 > results... any ideas?
56 >
57 > Thanks in advance, best regards
58 > Jose
59 >
60
61 There's nothing as posting a question to inmediately find the answer:
62 I had to modprobe mptbase and mptscsih (MPT Fusion support). Now it
63 seems to be working
64
65 Best regards
66 Jose
67
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