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- From: davidb@hpuadla.aus.hp.com (David Booth)
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:59:47 GMT
- Subject: Re: SCSI tape on a HP 400
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- Adne Hestenes (adne@ddb.be.statoil.no) wrote:
- :
- : hi,
- : We got an HP 400, which has an SCSI connector, and we want
- : to connect to it an 4mm DAT tape. This tape device has been
- : moved from an 750 where it worked well onto this new 400.
- : I followed the tape installation guideline in the manual for
- : the series 700 machines, but it would not recognize the device
- : after doing an mknod /dev/rmt/0m 54 ....
-
- : 1. How do you check that the SCSI device driver is installed into
- : the kernel?
-
- The "dfile" needs the driver "scsitape" in it. I usually put it right
- after the "scsi" driver (for discs).
- :
- : 2. How do you check that the tape device driver is installed?
-
- See above. Doing a "what /hp-ux|grep tape" on my 8.0 system gives:
- PATCH_8.0 scsitape.o 1.8.52.3 92/01/28
- :
- : 3. How do you install the tape device on an 400?
-
- The device files I use are (including compression):
- crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 54 0x0e03c0 Oct 28 11:01 3c
- crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 54 0x0e03c1 Oct 28 10:21 3cn
- crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 54 0x0e0340 Oct 28 11:13 3m
- crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 54 0x0e0341 Oct 28 10:20 3mn
- :
- : 4. Why isn't the tape installation procedure a part of SAM?
-
- I beleive it is at HPUX 9.0.
- :
- : I think we are running HPUX 8.05.
-
- Not on an s400 you can't be.
- :
- : Best Regards
- :
- : Adne Hestenes
- :
- : adne@statoil.no
-
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