uname -a Linux fluffy 2.4.21 #1 SMP Wed Jul 16 15:57:26 NZST 2003 i686 unknown Obviously not a redhat kernel as you say. Apparantly it did work with this kernel at some point. Yes, I know the kernel is rather old, we are limited to the 7.1 OS by an existing customised app. cheers, Geoff. On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 23:38, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 04:24:42PM +1200, geoff rainey wrote: > > cat /etc/redhat-release > > 7.1 > > > > uname -a > > 2.4.21 > > Red Hat never released a 2.4.21 kernel for 7.1. The last they released > was 2.4.20 and that was in December, 2003. I don't believe you're > running a Red Hat supplied kernel since I've never seen them deliver a > kernel version 2.4.21 without any other numbers in it. For that matter, > you've also chosen to cut out most of the rest of the uname -a output. > > > Kernel has been upgraded. I do not know the history of the problem. The > > internal DAT drive model is : > > So you don't know if it has ever worked? > > > The kernel believes it is a SDT10000, when in fact it is a compaq 20/40 > > internal dat drive. > > This drive is on the hardware compatibility list for 8.0: > http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/?pagename=details&hid=4724 > > Try this to see if it helps you get anywhere: > http://sony.storagesupport.com/dds/tapeutility_linux.htm > > You do realize that 7.1 is ancient don't you? > > -- > Ed Wilts, RHCE > Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- Geoff Rainey, UNIX systems consultant, Datacom Systems LTD DDI 308 4345 Mob 0274 856 892 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
