Re: [Networker] auto detected scsi stackers under rhel304

If you only have one drive in the L20 you should be
okay.  If you have two and you are using more than one
scsi controller, there is a bug with jbconfig that may
caused your drives to be configured in the wrong
order.  For example if you take the defaults when
configuring the library, /dev/nrst0, may actually be
configured in the library is scsi id 0, but when it is
auto detected by jbconfig, it may attempt to assign it
to scsi id 1.  

If you have issues loading and a unloading a tape and
get an error message that the tape is not in the
drive, after attempting to label a tape, you will know
that your drive mappings are incorrect.  Other than
that, the L20 has no issues with RHEL4.  

--- Charles Weber <weberc AT COMCAST DOT NET> wrote:

> Most the linux guys seem to use either LSI with
> kernel drivers or
> adaptec with adaptec website drivers. I have both
> with qualstar and
> overland libraries. There was a thread on the list
> about a guy using the
> LSI card in raid version where he ended up flashing
> it to the non-raid
> version to make it work. Unless you are running 7.3,
> you will want a 2.4
> kernel for legato and tape libraries. Make sure scsi
> generic module (sg)
> is loaded and install mtx. Then you can verify
> whether the library works
> before you install Legato. HP raid (cciss) has a
> kernel option for tape
> drives, but I could not get it to work reliably with
> our libraries.
> Don't know about the I2O controller.
> 
> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 12:07 -0600,
> rader AT GINSENG.HEP.WISC DOT EDU wrote:
> > Anybody know of any gotchas re installing
> auto-detected scsi
> > stackers under RHEL3?  
> > 
> > I recently cabled a Quantium SuperLoader to a
> rhel304 box,
> > but even the more (most?) recent 2.4.21-37
> kernel's scsi layer
> > doesn't see it.  When cabled to an Adaptec I20
> RAID controller,
> > the dpt drivers says "TID 514 Vendor: QUANTUM
> Device: UHDL Rev:
> > 002D", so I know it's there.  (And, heck, the
> thing even works
> > with Networker 6.1.4 on Sun Solaris7.)
> > 
> > Does anyone know/think it'll work on RHEL4?
> > 
> > steve 
> > - - - 
> > systems & network manager
> > high energy physics
> > university of wisconsin
> > 
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