Re: Configure tape drive ?

[BARBET Alain <abarb@nmg.fr>]

Hi ! Thank for your reply !
I don't know exactly how connect the SCSI cable ... so there is
first : hard disk
second : tape drive
third : hard drive
There is a "normal" order for SCSI ? But I don't understand, if this is a malfunction cable, how I can see the
last hard drive behind the tape drive ?

> There can be a number of reasons
> - malfunctioning hardware of the tapedrive itself
> - damaged scsi-cable (check the connectors good)
>  last year I had a scsi-cable  with some pins bended, gave me a lot of
> pain-in-the-neck before i found the problem.
> - no or defunct scsi-terminator.
> - duplicate scsi-selector
> I noticed that your connor drive uses scsi-id 4, which is often used for
> the tape drive......
>
> Kind regards, SDHans
>
> Alain & Estelle BARBET wrote:
> >
> > Thank for your reply ....
> >
> > target 1
> > Unit 0     disk      SEAGATE ....
> > Target 3
> > Unit 0     disk     QUANTUM  ...
> > Target 4
> > Unit 0      disk      CONNER ....
> >
> > I have 2 externals disk and one internal .... mmmh no tape drive here !
> > What the probleme ?
> >
> > hans witvliet a écrit :
> >
> > > just a small question:
> > >
> > > Before booting (when you have the OK> prompt, if you type:
> > >         probe-scsi
> > > Is your tape drive correctly recognized?
> > >
> > > Alain & Estelle BARBET wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi !
> > > > Thank you to pass some time to help me ... I've installed Debian on a
> > > > Sparc 4 and try to use a tape drive. I cannot see it in /proc/scsi. I
> > > > use the kernel 2.1.125 and allow the compile of tape driver ....
> > > >
> > > > So I try to install ftape, but can't see an option for the Sparc
> > > > processor and the compile fail .... Do you have any idees to use this
> > > > famous Sun tape drive ?
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > SDHans
> > > Alcatel Telecom Nederland bv
> > > mailto:witvliet@ats.nld.alcatel.nl
> >
>
> --
> SDHans
> Alcatel Telecom Nederland bv
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