Re: Installing a new DAT tape on Openserver 5.0.6 (Please?)

From: David Sims (dpsims_at_virtualdave.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 11:08:11 -0800

Can anyone help me with this please??

TIA,

Dave
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dpsims@virtualdave.com (David Sims) wrote in message news:<23ff9552.0411200754.52b6eb41@posting.google.com>...
> Patrice <pbrt@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<Cezmd.18375$rc.1018355@news20.bellglobal.com>...
> > David Sims wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a good deal of experience with Linux but not SCO Openserver... I
> > > have been tasked with installing an HP DAT tape drive on a machine running
> > > Openserver 5.0.6. The DAT is a hot-swap unit and simply plugs in at which
> > > point there is a kernel message that says something to the effect of:
> > >
> > > SCIS tape found CISS on port 2 device 4
> > >
> > > and if I look in /etc/conf/cf.d/mscsi I can see that there is an entry for
> > >
> > > ciss <some tape device>
> > >
> > >
> > > At this point I think that I need to do mkdev tape and answer some
> > > questions (but I am unsure as to the proper answers because the SCSI kernel
> > > message talks about port 2 (bus 1? or 2?) and device 4 (scsi ID 4?).... I
> > > have done various combinations of answers to no avail.... if I do 'mt -f
> > > /dev/rct0 status' I get File not Found....
> > >
> > > Can anyone provide a step-by-step instruction for installing this DAT
> > > tape device and then provide the command (or command set) to prove that it
> > > is working??
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Dave Sims
> >
> > First , is it possible to send me your # hwconfig -ch information ?
>
> Hi Patrice,
>
> Thank you very much for responding to my query on comp.unix.sco.misc
> on the Usenet... Here is the info you asked for plus a little more:
>
> Any clues would be *very* welcome :)
>
> TIA
>
> Dave Sims
> *************************************************************************
>
> device address vec dma comment
> ====== ======= === === =======
> kernel - - - rel=3.2v5.0.6 kid=2000-07-27
> cpu - - - unit=1 family=6 type=gt PentIII
> cpuid - - - unit=1 vend=GenuineIntel tfms=0:6:11:1(4)
> fpu - 13 - unit=1 type=80387-compatible
> pci 0xcf8-0xcff - - am=1 sc=1 buses=11
> PnP - - - nodes=0
> clock - - - type=TSC/1125767371Hz
> serial 0x3f8-0x3ff 4 - unit=0 type=Standard nports=1 fifo=yes
> console - - - unit=vga type=0 num=12 scoansi=1 scroll=50
> floppy 0x3f2-0x3f7 6 2 unit=0 type=135ds18
> kbmouse 0x60-0x64 12 - type=Keyboard|PS/2 mouse id=0x00
> adapter 0x1f0-0x1f7 14 - type=IDE ctlr=primary dvr=wd
> csmu - - - Compaq SCSI-2 Management driver (rev 5.48a
> cled - - - Compaq ProLiant Storage System (rev 5.48a)
> pcibios - - - PCI BIOS (2.16), Hardware Mechanism 1
> cpqw 0x1800-0x18ff 10 - Compaq Wellness driver (ver 5.48a)
> crom - - - Compaq rom driver (rev 5.48a)
> n100c0 0x2400-0x241f 5 - type=Compaq 10/100 00:08:02:3e:0c:89
> adapte 0x2000-0x2100 3 - type=ciss ha=0 PCI slot=0 (rev 5.48a)
> eeE0 0x2440-0x245f 7 - type=EE PRO/100+ 00:08:02:3e:0c:88
> cd-rom - - - type=IDE ctlr=pri cfg=mst dvr=Srom->wd
> tape - - - type=S ha=0 id=4 lun=0 bus=0 ht=ciss
> disk - - - type=S ha=0 id=0 lun=0 bus=0 ht=ciss
> Sdsk - - - cyls=4357 hds=255 secs=32 fts=stdb
>
> No obvious conflicts in hardware settings
>
>
> If I remove the Tape Drive I get the following warning:
>
> Warning: ciss <slot 0> Hot-Plug Non-Disk removed SCSI port 2 ID 4
>
>
> If I run hwconfig I get the following:
>
> name=tape vec=- dma=- type=S ha=0 id=4 lun=0 bus=0 ht=ciss
> name=disk vec=- dma=- type=S ha=0 id=0 lun=0 bus=0 ht=ciss
>
> # ls -al rStp0
>
> crw-rw---- 5 root root 46, 0 Nov 19 16:05 rStp0
>
> # ls -l rct0
>
> crw-rw---- 5 root root 46, 0 Nov 19 16:05 rct0
>
>
> # tape status /dev/rStp0
>
> tape: can't open '/dev/rStp0': No such device or address
>
>
> # tape status /dev/rct0
>
> tape: can't open '/dev/rct0': No such device or address
>
>
> # cpio -ocvB < /tmp/bufile > /dev/rct0
>
> /dev/rct0: cannot create
>
>
> # cpio -ocvB < /tmp/bufile > /dev/rStp0rct0
>
> /dev/rStp0: cannot create
>
>
> # ls -l rc*
>
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 47, 0 May 23 2002 rcd0
> cr--r--r-- 1 root root 50, 0 May 23 2002 rcdt0
> crw-rw---- 5 root root 46, 0 Nov 19 16:05 rct0

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