mmiller@hub.cs.jmu.edu (Marcus Miller) (04/02/91)
As the summary says, we are trying to hook up an Exabyte 5Gig 8mm tape
drive to our Pyramid MIS 12 system. The problem is that when the
system boots, it doesn't recognize that the drive is hooked up to the
SCSI Host Adapter. It picks up the MSI and the IOS but doesn't
recognize the drive. RTOC has been some help, in that they have
sent documentation on configuring a SCSI device, but they claim that
they don't support the Exabyte drive. Our sales rep, on the other
hand, claims that they do support the Exabyte drive!
Does anyone out there know if it is even possible to set up this
type of configuration, and if so, does pyramid support it.
We have a Pyramid MIS 12/7 running OSx 5.0d.
Any help or comments would be appreciated.
Please sent to my new address!
New address: bell-atl.com!bpats!d5qvln5
Old address: --------||
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------john@pyrtor.UUCP (John Cuoppolo) (04/06/91)
In article <1991Apr1.231614.4534@hub.cs.jmu.edu> mmiller@hub.cs.jmu.edu (Marcus Miller) writes: >As the summary says, we are trying to hook up an Exabyte 5Gig 8mm tape >drive to our Pyramid MIS 12 system. The problem is that when the >system boots, it doesn't recognize that the drive is hooked up to the >SCSI Host Adapter. It picks up the MSI and the IOS but doesn't >recognize the drive. RTOC has been some help, in that they have >sent documentation on configuring a SCSI device, but they claim that >they don't support the Exabyte drive. Our sales rep, on the other >hand, claims that they do support the Exabyte drive! > >Does anyone out there know if it is even possible to set up this >type of configuration, and if so, does pyramid support it. > The problem is that at OSx does not include the device driver for the SCSI Exabyte .(Pyramid does not support this but it does work). I have installed a SCSI CYBERNETIC 8mm drive on an MIS-4 and it works well. The nice thing about Cybernetics is that they include the SCSI device drivers when you purchase their drives for the Pyramid . The drivers are installed easily,you then remake your Kernel and away you go! ( Exabyte does not include device drivers- good luck). ** One very important thing to keep in mind is to make sure the SCSI interface on the drive matches that of the one in your system. ie. differential vs. single-ended. >We have a Pyramid MIS 12/7 running OSx 5.0d. >Any help or comments would be appreciated. > >Please sent to my new address! >New address: bell-atl.com!bpats!d5qvln5 >Old address: --------|| > \/ > >============================================================================== >Internet: mmiller@hub.cs.jmu.edu | Mark Miller >BitNet: stu_mamiller@jmuvax1.bitnet | James Madison University >Phone: (703) 568-6945 | Computer Science Department >Trek Quote: "One d*mn minute admiral" | Harrisonburg, VA 22801 >------------------------------------------------------------------------------