Re: How noisy should ch(4) be ?
> It probably just doesn't mention the problem. Yes - you are right - as it also (turns out now) supressed the warning abotu the tape cleaning tape being in the wrong slot. Dw. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: How noisy should ch(4) be ?
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:18:11 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > - run 'chio ielem' before you do anything. This may make the changer look > > > >at what it has, and perhaps figure out that it doesn't really have a > > > >source addresses for various elements. > > > > What about this option? > > It happily ran the option - but any subsequent command would still yield > the chattyness. > > Interestingly enough 'mtx' (see sourceforge) does the same thing (plus has > a few bugs of its own) - but does not cause the warnings. It probably just doesn't mention the problem. I'll think about it a bit, it may be that we can safely comment out the warning. Ken -- Kenneth Merry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: How noisy should ch(4) be ?
> > > - run 'chio ielem' before you do anything. This may make the changer look > > >at what it has, and perhaps figure out that it doesn't really have a > > >source addresses for various elements. > > What about this option? It happily ran the option - but any subsequent command would still yield the chattyness. Interestingly enough 'mtx' (see sourceforge) does the same thing (plus has a few bugs of its own) - but does not cause the warnings. Dw. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: How noisy should ch(4) be ?
On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 16:17:22 +, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > > - run 'chio ielem' before you do anything. This may make the changer look > >at what it has, and perhaps figure out that it doesn't really have a > >source addresses for various elements. What about this option? > > - try moving every tape in the changer to some destination and back. The > >fastest thing to do, if the changer supports it, would probably be > >moving the tapes to the picker and then back to a slot. > > Did not work :-) > > > - comment out the warning in copy_element_status(). > > Fixed the problem perfectly :-) > > > - see if there is updated firmware for the changer. > > There is - but it seems to need special third party SCSI software which > only works on windows. I've got no desire to disconnect the unit for now. Hmm. Ken -- Kenneth Merry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: How noisy should ch(4) be ?
> - run 'chio ielem' before you do anything. This may make the changer look >at what it has, and perhaps figure out that it doesn't really have a >source addresses for various elements. > > - try moving every tape in the changer to some destination and back. The >fastest thing to do, if the changer supports it, would probably be >moving the tapes to the picker and then back to a slot. Did not work :-) > - comment out the warning in copy_element_status(). Fixed the problem perfectly :-) > - see if there is updated firmware for the changer. There is - but it seems to need special third party SCSI software which only works on windows. I've got no desire to disconnect the unit for now. Dw. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
