RESOLVED: was: Odd configuration error

> Hi,
>
> My amanda server for my DMZ ate its HDD today so i've been busy rebuilding
> it - It has a HP autoloader and a single AIT-2 drive in it to run 2
> different a,anda configs.
>
> The single drive seems fine - I'm having issues with the changer.
>
> when i run an amcheck on this config i get..
>
> amcheck-server: could not get changer info: no slots available
>
> and so i look in my config and i have my changer as sg2
>
> i do
>
> $ mtx -f /dev/sg2 status
> cannot open SCSI device '/dev/sg2' - No such device
>
> and
>
> $ ls -l /dev/sg*
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg0 -> sga
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg1 -> sgb
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg2 -> sgc
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg3 -> sgd
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg4 -> sge
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg5 -> sgf
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg6 -> sgg
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk            3 Nov 13 16:15 /dev/sg7 -> sgh
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   0 May  5  1998 /dev/sga
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   1 May  5  1998 /dev/sgb
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   2 May  5  1998 /dev/sgc
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   3 May  5  1998 /dev/sgd
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   4 May  5  1998 /dev/sge
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   5 May  5  1998 /dev/sgf
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   6 May  5  1998 /dev/sgg
> crwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      21,   7 May  5  1998 /dev/sgh
>
> below is my dmesg - any thoughts? I'm running this on 2.4.4
>
> thanks
>
> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
>         <Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
>         aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
> scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
>         <Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
>         aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
> scsi2 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
>         <Adaptec 2940 Ultra2 SCSI adapter>
>         aic7890/91: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs
>
>   Vendor: SONY      Model: SDX-500C          Rev: 010c
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> (scsi1:A:0): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit)
>   Vendor: HP        Model: C5713A            Rev: H107
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> (scsi2:A:4): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 32, 16bit)
>   Vendor: HP        Model: C5713A            Rev: H107
>   Type:   Medium Changer                     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> st: Version 20020805, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs
> 16
> Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> Attached scsi tape st1 at scsi2, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
>

To answer myself i have sorted it - not _exactly_sure what the issue was but
i decided to rebuild my fresh kernel to see if i missed anything out - Did
not alter anything but this one seems to work a treat. Perhaps the build
messed up somewhere.

Note to self - check the obvious before posting!

thanks

Tom