> After a completely new Psyche installation on my IBM Thinkpad, to fix > incurable brokenness caused by overly-ambitious apt-get settings (another > story), the Symbios 53c810 host adapter in my docking station is correctly > recognized at boot-time (it wasn't before), but the Seagate Scorpion DDS3 > DAT drive is not. The st driver is not automatically installed. I can try > 'insmod st', and it will appear in 'lsmod', but 'tar tv /dev/st0' fails > with the following: > > tar: /dev/st0: Cannot open: No such device > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > Before I reinstalled I had to boot the ORIGINAL kernel (errata kernels > seemed to be confused by the PCI-PCI bridges in the docking station - - > more brokenness?), then load the sym53c8xx_2 and st modules manually. I > could then use the tape drive all I wanted. > > I'm in a bit of a bind. Without /dev/st0 I have no access to the backup > tapes I made before reinstalling. Hi there. I recenmtly had the same type of issue with an HP SureStore DLT 80 drive. What I had to do was 'rmmod ide-scsi', then 'modprobe st'. I do that in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file so it does it every time it boots. With that my drive is now recognized and I can use it. Hope this helps a bit or gives you an idea. > > Help?? > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL Regards, Eric Burke > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
