> > >> 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 Eric, I'll try that when I get home tonight, and will let you know. Sounds like a bit of a kluge, but like the ol' Russian general once said, "Perfection is the enemy of good enough." Thanks for the quick response. --Doc -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
