hurf@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) (09/18/90)
We just had a DAT installed on our 345 system in the
6000 scsi peripherals box. We were told the address was
set to 0 but can't figure out how to access it. The
manual for the 6000 box, which was quite helpful in
installing a Writable optical disk, lacks much info
on the DAT. We are running 7.0.
What needs to be done to hook access the little fellow?
What are the major/minor numbers for the scsi tape?
How would I have known? ('ifconfig -t' has 'stape' -
is that a scsi tape?) My 7.0 Peripheral Installation
guide doesn't cover the DAT drive.
We have the scsi driver patch installed.
=Help appreciated.
hurf
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580 Eng. Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 jimr@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Jim Rogers) (09/19/90)
>We just had a DAT installed on our 345 system in the >6000 scsi peripherals box. We were told the address was >set to 0 but can't figure out how to access it. The >manual for the 6000 box, which was quite helpful in >installing a Writable optical disk, lacks much info >on the DAT. We are running 7.0. >What needs to be done to hook access the little fellow? >What are the major/minor numbers for the scsi tape? >How would I have known? ('ifconfig -t' has 'stape' - >is that a scsi tape?) My 7.0 Peripheral Installation >guide doesn't cover the DAT drive. > >We have the scsi driver patch installed. Following is the advice from Wayne Erickson, one of my system administrators who has gotten past this problem: You must have scsitape in your kernel (SAM can do this). Major number for scsi tape is 54. ex. /dev/rmt/0m 54 0x0f0202 (rewind) /dev/rmt/0mn 54 0x0f0203 (no rewind) Even though the address switch is not used for the DAT drive, I found that the factory sets the address to the physical unit in the C2213A box (ex. if you have a disk drive & a DAT - it will probably be set to the address of unit 2 located on the back of the box). Otherwise, you have to pop the cover of the box & locate the dip switch - this should be documented in the 6000 manual. Jim Rogers Hewlett Packard Logic Systems Division
glen@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Glen Robinson) (09/21/90)
>is that a scsi tape?) My 7.0 Peripheral Installation >guide doesn't cover the DAT drive. > >We have the scsi driver patch installed. >Following is the advice from Wayne Erickson, one of my system >administrators who has gotten past this problem: > > > You must have scsitape in your kernel (SAM can do this). > > > Major number for scsi tape is 54. > ex. /dev/rmt/0m 54 0x0f0202 (rewind) > /dev/rmt/0mn 54 0x0f0203 (no rewind) > >Even though the address switch is not used for the DAT drive, I found that the >factory sets the address to the physical unit in the C2213A box >(ex. if you have a disk drive & a DAT - it will probably >be set to the address of unit 2 located on the back of the box). >Otherwise, you have to pop the cover of the box & locate the dip switch - this >should be documented in the 6000 manual. And if you want to boot you must have a tape in your scsitape -) Glen-R
hurf@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Hurf Sheldon) (09/22/90)
> > Thanks for all the info on this - we did get it working thanks to the net response and it works fine. One question - What are the right density and length arguments to use for the DAT drive? Thankyou very much hurf -- Hurf Sheldon Network: hurf@theory.tn.cornell.edu Program of Computer Graphics Phone: 607 255 6713 580 Eng. Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853