--On Thursday, October 14, 2004 17:07:07 -0500 Frank Smith <fsmith AT hoovers 
DOT com> wrote:

> --On Thursday, October 14, 2004 16:25:01 -0500 Erik Anderson <erikerik AT 
> gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:20:37 -0500, Frank Smith <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Next step would be getting your changer working without Amanda. If you
>>> are going to use mtx make sure you can load, unload and move tapes with
>>> that before starting on Amanda.
>> 
>> Hello Frank, and thanks for the advice.  I'm working through the
>> Amanda chapter, and it's starting to make more and more sense. In the
>> meantime, I'm trying to get my head around mtx.  I've been able to
>> successfully load a tape and check the status of the media changer,
>> but I'm not able to unload tapes.  I read in the mtx man page that I
>> may need to do a "mt offline" before unloading tapes, but whenever I
>> do that, I get the following error:
>> 
>> lpdlnx00 etc # mt -f /dev/sg2 offline
>> /dev/sg2: Operation not permitted
> 
> I think you're using the wrong device.  The SCSI generic (sg) device
> driver has no knowledge of tape commands like rewind and offline.  You
> need to use something like /dev/mt0, and need to have scsi tape support
> in your kernel (either builtin or a module) or the /dev/mt devices
> won't be created.

Sorry, wrong OS.  That should be /dev/st

Frank

> 
> Frank
> 
>> 
>> Here's what the changer currently looks like:
>> 
>> lpdlnx00 etc # mtx -f /dev/sg1 status
>>   Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 6 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
>> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded)
>>       Storage Element 1:Empty
>>       Storage Element 2:Full
>>       Storage Element 3:Full
>>       Storage Element 4:Full
>>       Storage Element 5:Full
>>       Storage Element 6:Full
>> 
>> Any ideas?  Thanks in advance!
> 
> 
> 
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Frank Smith                                      fsmith AT hoovers DOT com
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