Re: Linux aic7xxx driver doesn't see my tape drive

[Bruce Ferrell <bferrell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well that's not good! Mine does show up:

cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'IBM     ' 'DNES-318350W    ' 'SAH0' Disk
        0,1,0     1) 'IBM     ' 'DNES-318350W    ' 'SAH0' Disk
        0,2,0     2) *
        0,3,0     3) *
        0,4,0     4) *
        0,5,0     5) 'IMATION ' 'CD-R IMR080020  ' '1.07' Removable CD-ROM
        0,6,0     6) *
        0,7,0     7) *
scsibus1:
        1,0,0   100) 'SEAGATE ' 'SX910800N       ' '8514' Disk
        1,1,0   101) *
        1,2,0   102) 'SEAGATE ' 'SX910800N       ' '8514' Disk
        1,3,0   103) *
        1,4,0   104) *
        1,5,0   105) *
        1,6,0   106) 'HP      ' 'C1533A          ' 'A907' Removable Tape
        1,7,0   107) *

When you boot the system, during the Adaptec startup, there can be, if 
it's turned on, a Control-A prompt.  Does the tape drive show up in the 
bios setup screens?


Keith Morse wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
>
>
> > Well,
> > 	Given that the tape drive is attached to the Adaptec 2940U SCSI 
> > controller, doesn't st have to eventually send SCSI commands to the 
> > aic7xxx driver????
> >
> > 	Here are the relevent modules after I:
> >
> > depmod -ae
> > modprobe st
> >
> >
> > > [root@kjc386 root]# lsmod
> > > st                     29964   0  (unused)
> > > ide-scsi               11120   0
> > > sd_mod                 13004   2
> > > sr_mod                 16888   0  (autoclean)
> > > cdrom                  31040   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
> > > aic7xxx               130996   1
> > > scsi_mod              102968   6  [st sg sr_mod ide-scsi aic7xxx sd_mod]
> >
> > But, there is still no mention of the tape drive in /proc/scsi/scsi, nor 
> > when I:
> >
> > cdrecord --scanbus
> >
> >
> > > Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
> > > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
> > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
> > > scsibus0:
> > >        0,0,0     0) *
> > >        0,1,0     1) *
> > >        0,2,0     2) *
> > >        0,3,0     3) *
> > >        0,4,0     4) *
> > >        0,5,0     5) *
> > >        0,6,0     6) 'IBM     ' 'DSAS-3360     !a' 'S47Q' Disk
> > >        0,7,0     7) *
> > > scsibus1:
> > >        1,0,0   100) 'CDWRITER' 'IDE5224         ' '001H' Removable CD-ROM
> > >        1,1,0   101) *
> > >        1,2,0   102) *
> > >        1,3,0   103) *
> > >        1,4,0   104) *
> > >        1,5,0   105) *
> > >        1,6,0   106) *
> > >        1,7,0   107) *
> >
> > mt -f /dev/st0 status
> >
> >
> > > /dev/st0: No such device
>
>
>
>
> Is this also reflected on the bios output during post on the scsci 
> controller?  Sorry if you already mentioned in a previous, but errantly 
> deleted them.
>
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