On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:07:47AM -0500, Andy Howell wrote:
> Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >Checking st.conf entries was going to be one suggestion.  Along with
> >what does "prtconf -v" report about the drive and what entry it chose
> >to use for the tape drive.
> 
> Now I see an entry for the tape:
> 
>                     st (driver not attached)
>                         System software properties:
>                             name <tape-config-list> length <60>
>                                 value 'EXABYTE IBM-8505' + 'Exabyte 
> IBM-8505 8mm Helical Scan' + 'IBM-850
> 5'
>                             name <IBM-8505> length <40>
>                                 value 
> <0x0000000100000029000000000000ce390000000400000014000000150000008c
> 0000008c00000001>.
> 
> I guess that was probably empty before.

The "(driver not attached)" concerns me.  It certainly is not
something I see when my drives are recognized.

One thing to check, the strings in st.conf and what the drive reports
must match exactly, space for space, case sensitive.

Also, my prtconf show, with an "instance" message, the SCSI ID number.

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