jdh@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jason Heirtzler) (08/04/89)
Is anyone using an Exabyte tape drive from Introl with a multi-processor SGI ? This is supposedly the people that SGI recommends, but it won't work with a multi-processor machine ! When I installed the driver as per their instructions and booted up, the screen hung as soon as the windowing system started. So, I waited (about a month) while they changed their driver (the response I got from the person who wrote the driver was "we never tried that") but still it doesn't work correctly. It's hard to believe that no one tried it with a multi-processor until now.. As it stands right now, we can't read tapes unless we specify the no rewind device (/dev/dk2300Ta) and Introl is waiting for us to send them a copy of the kernel printfs.. The machine in question is an IRIS-4D GTX running 3.1F Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.. Jason Heirtzler ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Heirtzler (617) 353-2780 jdh@bu-it.bu.edu Information Technology Boston University ..!harvard!bu-cs!bu-it!jdh
markb@denali.sgi.com (Mark Bradley) (08/05/89)
In article <35820@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, jdh@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jason Heirtzler) writes: > Is anyone using an Exabyte tape drive from Introl with a > multi-processor SGI ? > > This is supposedly the people that SGI recommends, but it won't work > with a multi-processor machine ! When I installed the driver as per > their instructions and booted up, the screen hung as soon as the > windowing system started. So, I waited (about a month) while they > changed their driver (the response I got from the person who wrote the > driver was "we never tried that") but still it doesn't work correctly. > It's hard to believe that no one tried it with a multi-processor until > now.. > > As it stands right now, we can't read tapes unless we specify the no > rewind device (/dev/dk2300Ta) and Introl is waiting for us to send > them a copy of the kernel printfs.. > > The machine in question is an IRIS-4D GTX running 3.1F > > Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.. > > Jason Heirtzler > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jason Heirtzler (617) 353-2780 jdh@bu-it.bu.edu > Information Technology Boston University ..!harvard!bu-cs!bu-it!jdh Silicon Graphics recommends that you buy the 8mm helical scan tape drive from Silicon Graphics--NOT from Introl. It works just fine on our MP and non-MP machines off our own SCSI and with our own driver. I have not seen nor had the opportunity to test Introl's product, hence it is not presently blessed as functional on our systems, as far as I know. markb -- Mark Bradley "Faster, faster, until the thrill of IO Subsystems speed overcomes the fear of death." Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Mountain View, CA ---Hunter S. Thompson
jdh@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jason Heirtzler) (08/12/89)
In article <39568@sgi.SGI.COM> markb@denali.sgi.com (Mark Bradley) says: >Silicon Graphics recommends that you buy the 8mm helical scan tape drive >from Silicon Graphics--NOT from Introl. It works just fine on our MP >and non-MP machines off our own SCSI and with our own driver. I have not >seen nor had the opportunity to test Introl's product, hence it is not >presently blessed as functional on our systems, as far as I know. Well, that may be what they recommend now, but it wasn't what they recommended a little while ago! We purchased this drive on advice from our SGI rep. A question to the SGI people on the net: will the SGI 8mm tape driver be available as part of the standard kernel in the next OS release 3.2 (?) or will this be supplied on a special tape to those that purchased the unit directly from SGI ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Heirtzler (617) 353-2780 jdh@bu-it.bu.edu Information Technology Boston University ..!harvard!bu-cs!bu-it!jdh
jeremy@perf2.sgi.com (Jeremy Higdon) (08/14/89)
In article <36317@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, jdh@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jason Heirtzler) writes: > A question to the SGI people on the net: will the SGI 8mm tape driver > be available as part of the standard kernel in the next OS release 3.2 > (?) or will this be supplied on a special tape to those that purchased > the unit directly from SGI ? > The 8mm tape support will be part of the standard kernel in 3.2.