On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:45:10AM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 24/06/2011, at 6:17, Joe in MPLS wrote: > > This was originally posted on the freebsd-questions list. It was suggested > > that I post it here: > > > > I have FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE running on an HP DL360 G5. I recently added an > > (HP branded) LSI Logic single channel SCSI 320 card and attached an HP > > Ultrium 920 LTO3 tape drive. > > > > The system sees the SCSI controller as mpt0, and it seems to know there's > > something at SCSI ID 4, but I get an "AutoSense Failed" for hba/id/lun > > 0:4:0 at boot and subsequent camcontrol rescans. > > > > I checked the supported hardware doc for the release but it doesn't get > > very specific about tape drives. This is my first experience with LTO3 > > tape. I was hoping that I'd automagically get a /dev/sa0 device like I > > always did with my old DLT drives but it wasn't to be this time. > > > > Is there a way to make this drive work? > > I'd check the cabling etc.. > > I have an LTO2 drive that "Just works (tm)". > > Can you boot a Linux ISO and see if that finds it?
I would recommend you two compare comparing DIP switch or jumper settings, as well as firmware versions. Many tape drives have "compatibility" switches, and firmware versions play a huge role. SCSI card settings (within the SCSI BIOS) would also play a large role here. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
