Re: Will 10.20 Work on a K-Series?

From: Alan Johnson (adjtech_at_ulster.net)
Date: 08/30/03


Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:11:45 -0400

Robert Klute wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:19:32 +0800, "chlim" <chlim@nospam.email.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>No problem with that, I have got a few customer running 10.20 on K. But I
>>never to get it to work with DLT8000 loader. :-(
>
>
> You need to manually install the pass-thru driver for the picker and
> make the device file for it. It is either the sctl, spt, or the schgr
> driver, use sam to show you what is available and pick all available and
> regen the kernel.
>
> lsdev -d sctl will tell you if the sctl driver is loaded ...
>
> I believe if the ext_bus spec from an ioscan shows the SCSI card to be a
> c700 or c720, then use the sctl. Otherwise, use the spt. Another test
> is that the sctl driver is used when the tape driver is stape, and the
> spt driver is used when the tape driver is tape2.
>
> To make the device file use:
>
> mknod /dev/picker c www 0xyyza00
>
> Where www is the device number from the lsdev
> yy is the ext_bus number for the card
> z is the SCSI ID
> a is the SCSI LUN
>
> you can use the mc command to test.
>
> Robert Klute
> Cupertino Solution Center
> Hewlett-Packard Company
> -----
> The opinions are those of the poster, not the company.
If you have an autoloader then you can talk to the mechinism thru the SE
card on the HPPB bus, but you have to talk to the tape with an HSC card



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