Re: [Networker] Linux and stinit.def file?

On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 10:28:19PM -0500, George Sinclair wrote:
> Here is the information on our LTO library as reported by the
> /etc/LGTOuscsi/inquire command:
>
> [email protected]:SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX1460|Tape, /dev/nst0
> [email protected]:SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX1460|Tape, /dev/nst1
> [email protected]:STK     L80             0211|Autochanger (Jukebox),
> /dev/sg2
> [email protected]:SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX1460|Tape, /dev/nst2
> [email protected]:SEAGATE ULTRIUM06242-XXX1460|Tape, /dev/nst3
>
> The /var/log/messages file reports the drive vendor: SEAGATE, model:
> ULTRIUM06242-XXX and revision: 1460. I assume the stinit.def file MUST
> contain the information for the actual drive, and NOT the changer,
> correct? So, assuming that much, and the results above, would a likely
> entry be:
>
> manufacturer=SEAGATE model="ULTRIUM06242-XXX" revision=1460 {
> scsi2logical=1 can-bsr auto-lock
> mode1 blocksize=0
> }
>
> The stinit man page does mention that 'revision' can be used, BUT it
> does not indicate whether or not it should be in double quotes like the
> model? Any thoughts?

I didn't bother with a revision tag. They way I understood the
stinit(8) man page is that manufacturer, model, and revision can all
be used to identify a specific device, assuming you have multiple
device types. Since all of my drives were LTO I simply specified the
manufacturer and model and did not bother with a revision.

I used "mt -f /dev/nst0 stat" to verify the device settings but what
you have looks right to me. I also ran stinit -v by hand to test my
config file. I don't recall if it's in the man page but stinit keeps
going until it finds an invalid /dev/nstX device so expect an error
when running with -v output.

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