* Byarlay, Wayne A. <wab AT purdue DOT edu> [20040330 11:27]:
>  from dmesg:
> 
> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
>         <Adaptec 2944 Ultra SCSI adapter>
>         aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs
> 
> blk: queue c14f6214, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>   Vendor: QUANTUM   Model: DLT7000           Rev: 245F
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> blk: queue c14f6414, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
> ...
> ...
> Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
> 
> modules.conf:
> 
> alias eth0 3c59x
> alias eth1 3c59x
> alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
> alias usb-controller usb-uhci

Do you have stinit configured?
If yes, what is /etc/stinit.conf?
And stick 'post-install st /sbin/stinit'
in /etc/modules.conf

Dunno if RH9 still uses that, but it used to do when I was 
using RH, a while ago!

hth,
jf

> 
> wab
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Baker-LePain [mailto:jlb17 AT duke DOT edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:25 AM
> To: Byarlay, Wayne A.
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: tape device /dev/st0 not responding - RH9
> 
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 at 11:14am, Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote
> 
> > Problem with the RH9 config, is that it successfully reports setting 
> > the Quantum as /dev/st0, but any attempts to do anything with it, 
> > fail. "mt
> 
> Can you include the relevant lines from /var/log/messages (i.e. when
> it's detected)?  What are the contents of /etc/modules.conf?  
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joshua Baker-LePain
> Department of Biomedical Engineering
> Duke University
> 
> 

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