Hi Chandra, Finally i downloaded dc395 scsi adapter from terram's site and rebuild the kernel. Now it is working.. when i insmod these are the /var/log/messages
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Oct 2 23:38:08 backup kernel: DC395x (TRM-S1040): 1 adapters found Oct 2 23:38:08 backup kernel: scsi0 : Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315/U V1.32, 2000-12-02 Oct 2 23:38:10 backup kernel: Vendor: HP Model: C5683A Rev: C005 Oct 2 23:38:10 backup kernel: Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Now can you discuss something about tape formatting, what kind of tool do you use to take backup on tape, can i use a fresh tape as it is ? i have zero experience with these tape backups. :) Thanks & regards -Yash On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 10:17:03AM -0400, Chandrakumar Muthaiah spoke out thus: > Yashpal Nagar wrote: > > >On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 01:17:33PM +0530, Devdas Bhagat spoke out thus: > > > > > >>On 30/09/02 10:46 +0530, Yashpal Nagar wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Happy Linuxing to all, > >>>I have one backup server Redhat 7.2 (Enigma) Linux, with kernel 2.4.16, > >>>with suuport > >>>to NTFS/FAT file systems. Here one HP SureStore DAT 40GB drive is > >>>attached. How can i configure it? > >>> > >>> > >>tar -cf /dev/st0 > >>tar -rf /dev/st0 > >> > >> > what kind of scsi card you have? > If the tape drive uses separate card(not separate channel, i mean it, if > it is a separate card) load the appropriate driver for it. > > in my case I had Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter > > So I had to do it manually > > modprobe aic7xxx > > and > > modprobe st > > SO I would say you better have the scsi support for your kernel and load > the *necessary* modules > that should work for you. > > Here is my log for my machine. > > > (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 2/9/0 > (scsi0) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded > (scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 2/9/1 > (scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs > (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded > scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.4/5.2.0 > <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> > scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.4/5.2.0 > <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> > (scsi1:0:6:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. > Vendor: COMPAQ Model: DLT8000 Rev: 0250 > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > st: Version 20010812, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g > segs 16 > Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 > > > > >/dev/st0 is there but unable to determine what it is? > >I have always found a real pain in configuring the devices if it is not > >detected by kernel. > >Earlier i recompile the kernel to patch large file support in smbmount and > >kernel, > >now this comes... again again :( > > > >Bye > >-Yash > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > -- Yashpal Nagar Systems Administrator Delhicall Centres 'Gurgaon' Ph 0124-6223849 , cell 9811499273 --------------------------- ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
