Ecrix VXA-1 tape drive and FreeBSD 4.5

From: Martyn Hill (m.hill_at_stjamessengirls.org.uk)
Date: 05/30/03

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Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 18:50:36 +0100

    Hi

    I've never yet managed to get a solution to the following problem, but
    thought I'd try one last time before ditching the Ecrix tape we bought last
    year...

    We run FreeBSD 4.5 RELENG on our fileserver (sjserver) and I have installed
    an Ecrix VXA-1 tape drive (IDE) on the secondary on-board IDE controller.
    The system has an additional E-IDE controller. The following message snip
    appears in /var/log/messages:

    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ad0: 19623MB <IC35L020AVER07-0>
    [39870/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ad4: 39266MB <IC35L040AVVN07-0>
    [79780/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100
    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ad6: 39266MB <IC35L040AVVN07-0>
    [79780/16/63] at ata3-master UDMA100
    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: (null): MODE_SENSE - UNIT ATTENTION asc=29
    ascq=00 error=04
    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: (null): MODE_SENSE - ILLEGAL REQUEST
    asc=24 ascq=00 sks=40 00 02 error=04
    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver last message repeated 3 times
    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: ata1-master: <ECRIX VXA-1a/V22B7B> tape
    device - NO DRIVER!
    Nov 25 20:53:01 sjserver /kernel: acd0: CDROM <CRD-8320B> at ata1-slave
    using PIO4
    N

    The kernel has been compiled with a config file that has what I believe to
    be the appropriate drivers:

    # ATA and ATAPI devices
    device ata
    device atadisk # ATA disk drives
    device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives
    device atapist # ATAPI tape drives
    options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering

    Q1: With reference to the line above that end "NO DRIVER!" - what exactly
    does this signify? I wasn't aware that a particular driver was required for
    an IDE drive.

    Q2: Has any one used this IDE device successfully and could forward their
    solution?

    Q3: What dev number would be required/used for this device (ad2,
    ata1-master)

    Q4: Is it the combination of Tape-drive and CD-ROM on the same controller
    likely to be the cause difficulty?

    As always - any assistance would be very welcome!

    Martyn Hill
    Network Administrator
    St James Independent School
    London

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