NetBSD/i386 is my platform (think of it as FreeBSD only better :-)).
/dev/rst0 is the raw device, the n prefix version is the no-rewind version.

I am sure the author can explain the changerident field more. I think is
kind of like a quirk table where it maps the expected result from each scsi
command used by chg-scsi.

Scott...

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda 
DOT org]
On Behalf Of Gene Heskett
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 12:06 AM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Problems with chg-scsi

On Wednesday 18 January 2006 23:03, Scott R. Burns wrote:
>Works fine for me (NetBSD/i386 2.0.2, HP DAT24x6 on some Adaptec card
> in a Compaq ML370. Key for reliable operation for me was:
>
>1) the "changerident" field being set to something. For my environment
>"C1553A" is as close as I could get to my changer from the list of
> known devices.

Changerident?  That name doesn't grep in the 
amanda-23.4.5p120051218/example dir where a sample chg-scsi.conf lives.

And I wonder how much diff there is between the 6 slot C1553 and the 4 
slot seagate 4586np.  Other than the seagate stacks the tapes 
vertically and from pix, it looks like the hp handles them horizontally 
somehow.

However, in the docs dir, there is a .txt file, chgscsi.txt, that does 
describe this, unforch this file was apparently added after I'd given 
up, its dated: May 13  2005 chgscsi.txt.  By then I'd bought a 200GB 
pata drive and partitioned it for /var, swap & 180GB as /amandatapes.  
I have 10GB of swap & haven't ever used more than 10 megs of it.  
Gigabyte of ram though.

>2) the definition of both "dev" (/dev/nrst0) and "scsitapedev"
> (/dev/rst0).

Thats not a linux device name.  Solaris?

>Other than that is works fine now, never dumps and I have no rewind
> issues with both of these device lines setup.
>
>$ 0.02 Canadian :-)
>
>Scott..
>
>Scott Burns
>NETCON Technologies Inc.
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>-----Original Message-----

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