Re: Using tape autochanger?

Steve Allen <allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <45b68a4c$0$70117$dbd45001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Frank Slootweg <this@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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If you mean that you had to do it manually and would like it to be
done automatically, it can't. That's the nature of the beast. The SCSI
Pass-Thru driver is exactly that, pass-thru. I.e. the driver has no
knowledge at all about what device it is talking to (in this case the
robot of the Autochanger) and hence *cannot* configure automatically
(like for example the stape driver can), so you have to do it manually.

OK. I'm going to have to read more about this Pass-Thru thing, as I fail
to see how the system can recognize a device but fail to create a device
file that is useable by the system's own utilities...

The point is that the pass-thru driver does *not* "recognize a
device". I.e. it doesn't know what a robot is, or any other device for
that matter. That's why you need to manually create the device file and
tell it (the driver) all it needs to know.

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(And actually, I hadn't created the working device file until immediately
prior to the previous post... And guess what -- it works with mtx, too! :-)

Great!

Thanks,

You're welcome. I'm glad that my comment helped you solving the
problem.
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