[comp.unix.xenix.sco] SCO Unix 3.2.2 with an Adaptec 1542B SCSI and Xabyte Tape Drive

andrew@nexus.YorkU.CA (Andrew Kleiman) (11/14/90)

Has anyone installed a Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller with a 
Xabyte Tape Drive in SCO Unix 3.2.2 system.  I'm having a very hard             time getting the darn tape unit
to work.  All I get when I issue a tape command is 

Warning Stp Inquiry failed
Warning aha: No controller response 

The Software/Hardware set is as follows:

SCO Unix 3.2.2
Compaq System Pro with 840M Drive, 12 Megs of Memory
Adaptec 1542B SCSI Controller
Xabyte 2.2 Gigabyte Tape Drive

Does anyone know the proper setting for the Adaptec card (ie DMA,INT,etc)

Thanks in Advance....

..... Andrew Kleiman


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davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (11/15/90)

In article <17499@yunexus.YorkU.CA> andrew@nexus.YorkU.CA (Andrew Kleiman) writes:
| 
| Has anyone installed a Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller with a 
| Xabyte Tape Drive in SCO Unix 3.2.2 system.  I'm having a very hard             time getting the darn tape unit
| to work.  All I get when I issue a tape command is 
| 
| Warning Stp Inquiry failed
| Warning aha: No controller response 

| Does anyone know the proper setting for the Adaptec card (ie DMA,INT,etc)

  You also have to set the device addresses. Some kernels want the
controller at 0 and the drive at 7, some something else, some want the
drive first, other last, yecch! I could look this up the manual and type
it in, but I won't spoil your fun.

  Anyway, that's probably what it is.
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