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Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 13:59:45
Subject: Re: changer setup problems
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: "Tom Brown" <tom.brown AT goodtechnology DOT com>, "Joshua Baker-LePain" <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:55:14 -0400
On Thursday 12 June 2003 11:15, Tom Brown wrote:
>> Joshua, I've got this faint echo running around in the back of my
>> mind from something over a year ago, maybe even 2, where someone
>> was having trouble with an HP that was responding to multiple
>> LUNS.  At the time I can't recall if the consensus was an HP bug,
>> or a kernel bug.  In this gents case I think I'd name /dev/nst0 as
>> the drive, and /dev/sg3 as the changer so he is using the LUN=0
>> device for the drive, and the LUN=1 for the robotics.  Only if
>> there are weird results would I change it to /dev/sg2 for the
>> robotics since that theoreticly would be the same as /dev/st0 at
>> bus address 0,4,0.  And that would make me
>> nervous/apprehensive/worryalot etc.
>
>i have set the tape device to be /dev/nst0 and the robot to be
> /dev/sg2
>
>Not sure why it behaves like this but i did a quick reinstall and
> this occurred on a 2.2.18 kernel and now still does it on a 2.4.18
> kernel on REdHat 7.3. Therefore i'd so for a HP bug
>
>thanks for the help it seems to be working
>
Good deal Tom.  And of course if something weird pops up, be sure and 
tell us here on the list.

>Tom

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