Gary Danko wrote: > On Dec 11, 2007 2:14 PM, Gary Danko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > We're trying to set up a Dell 2950 with Slackware Linux 11 and > Bacula 2.2.6. The tape library is a Dell ML6020 with 4 IBM Ultrium > TD4s and 128 slots. These are SAS drives using the Fusion MPT SAS > Host driver 3.04.05 driver. The kernel is 2.6.23. > > dmesg shows that the library (ch0) and all four drives (st0-st3) are > recognized, but /dev/ch0 does not exist and only /dev/st0 and > /dev/st1 exist. Please see the attached dmesg output: > > SCSI Media Changer driver v0.25 > Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.05 > Copyright (c) 1999-2007 LSI Logic Corporation > Fusion MPT SAS Host driver 3.04.05 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0d:08.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup > ioc0: LSISAS1068 B0: Capabilities={Initiator} > scsi1 : ioc0: LSISAS1068 B0, FwRev=000a3100h, Ports=1, MaxQ=366, IRQ=16 > scsi 1:0:0:0: Sequential-Access IBM ULTRIUM-TD4 74H5 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 3 > st 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi tape st0 > st 1:0:0:0: st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B) > scsi 1:0:1:0: Sequential-Access IBM ULTRIUM-TD4 74H5 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 3 > st 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi tape st1 > st 1:0:1:0: st1: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B) > scsi 1:0:1:1: Medium Changer ADIC Scalar i500 400G PQ: 0 > ANSI: 3 > ch0: type #1 (mt): 0x1+1 [medium transport] > ch0: type #2 (st): 0x1000+122 [storage] > ch0: type #3 (ie): 0x10+6 [import/export] > ch0: type #4 (dt): 0x100+4 [data transfer] > ch0: dt 0x100: ID/LUN unknown > ch0: dt 0x101: ID/LUN unknown > ch0: dt 0x102: ID/LUN unknown > ch0: dt 0x103: ID/LUN unknown > ch0: INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS, may take some time ... > ch0: ... finished > ch 1:0:1:1: Attached scsi changer ch0 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:10:08.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 > mptbase: Initiating ioc1 bringup > ioc1: LSISAS1068 B0: Capabilities={Initiator} > scsi2 : ioc1: LSISAS1068 B0, FwRev=000a3100h, Ports=1, MaxQ=366, IRQ=16 > scsi 2:0:0:0: Sequential-Access IBM ULTRIUM-TD4 74H5 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 3 > st 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi tape st2 > st 2:0:0:0: st2: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B) > scsi 2:0:1:0: Sequential-Access IBM ULTRIUM-TD4 74H5 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 3 > st 2:0:1:0: Attached scsi tape st3 > st 2:0:1:0: st3: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B) > > I have built mtx 1.3.11 and tried to run loaderinfo: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux# loaderinfo -f /dev/ch0 > cannot open SCSI device '/dev/ch0' - No such file or directory > > And you can see st2 and st3 are MIA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux# ls -l /dev/st* > crw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 0 1994-07-18 09:05 /dev/st0 > crw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 1 1994-07-18 09:05 /dev/st1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-11-27 01:52 /dev/stderr -> fd/2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-11-27 01:52 /dev/stdin -> fd/0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-11-27 01:52 /dev/stdout -> fd/1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux# > > Any ideas why I am seeing this behavior?
> Has anyone an idea where /dev/st2 and /dev/st3 may have disappeared to? > Look at my dmesg output and you will see all four drives active, but > only two appear in /dev Isn't this a question better asked of the mailing lists for your particular OS? AFAIK, this has to do with OS devices, and is not Bacula specific. -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users