Another question (first one was X Install)... I just installed a
SCSI tape in this machine (running RH6.2). The system's SCSI card sees
it, all is well - however:
[root@c41:~]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape
"Ashley M. Kirchner" wrote:
Another question (first one was X Install)... I just installed a
SCSI tape in this machine (running RH6.2). The system's SCSI card sees
it, all is well - however:
[root@c41:~]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block
`Jack Bowling wrote:
Only thing I could think of would be IRQ contention. Is there anything
else on IRQ 11?
Nope, that was the first thing I checked. It's the only thing on that
IRQ, same goes for the card address. However, since you brought it up, is
there any sure way of finding out
"Ashley M. Kirchner" wrote:
Another question (first one was X Install)... I just installed a
SCSI tape in this machine (running RH6.2). The system's SCSI card sees
it, all is well - however:
[root@c41:~]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:14:48 -0700, you wrote:
`Jack Bowling wrote:
Only thing I could think of would be IRQ contention. Is there anything
else on IRQ 11?
Nope, that was the first thing I checked. It's the only thing on that
IRQ, same goes for the card address. However, since you
Bret Hughes wrote:
There is a tape in the drive, right? (Had to ask, you never know)
*grin* Yes, asking (and checking) can sometimes be a good thing. :)
Yes, there's a tape in.
AMK4
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| I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere.
Giulio Orsero wrote:
Have you reserved irq 11 to "legacy isa" in the bios?
Not sure, but I'm about to go look (however, it's also an old 486
motherboard, so there's a good chance it doesn't even have that option in it)
Is the pnp disabled on the aha152x?
I believe so. But, I'm
"amk" == Ashley M Kirchner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
amk Another question (first one was X Install)... I just installed a
amk SCSI tape in this machine (running RH6.2). The system's SCSI card sees
amk it, all is well - however:
amk [root@c41:~]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
amk SCSI 2
Okay, I was right.
Have you reserved irq 11 to "legacy isa" in the bios?
The motherboard is old enough not to have this. Being that it's a 486, with
just ISA slots on it, I'm not worried.
Is the pnp disabled on the aha152x?
Disabled...now. Should I be setting a DMA? By
Ray Curtis wrote:
Have you tested the 'rewind' and 'offline' commands both with
a tape in the drive of course.
Rewind, yes. Gave me the same error. Offline, no.
If these don't work, what does your device file /dev/st0 look like:
crw-rw1 root disk 9, 0 Aug 24
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:13:19 -0700, you wrote:
Is the pnp disabled on the aha152x?
Disabled...now. Should I be setting a DMA? By default it's not set.
Don't know, I think we just disable pnp and don't touch anything else.
You can make a quick test, disable pnp and then reboot and
tar
** Reply to message from "Ashley M. Kirchner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 13
Feb 2001 13:14:48 -0700
`Jack Bowling wrote:
Only thing I could think of would be IRQ contention. Is there anything
else on IRQ 11?
Nope, that was the first thing I checked. It's the only thing on that
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