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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!mr.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: Jason Fordham <jclf@interverse.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help Needed: Archive Python autoloader and Amanda port Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:40:16 -0800 Organization: Xenu Liberation Front Lines: 34 Message-ID: <3292293F.7A63@interverse.com> References: <3292187A.41C67EA6@phoebe.rochester.ican.net> Reply-To: jclf@interverse.com NNTP-Posting-Host: anwaya.earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) CC: robl@phoebe.rochester.ican.net Rob Levandowski wrote: > > I'm trying to get an Archive Python 4mm autoloader tape drive working > with FreeBSD 2.2-current and the AMANDA backup program. I can't seem to > get the autoloader mechanism to work. > > What do I need to do to access the autoloader mechanism, either in > general, or with AMANDA specifically? > > The drive as reported by dmesg is: > > (ncr0:4:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28849-XXX 4.CM" type 1 removable SCSI 2 > st0(ncr0:4:0): Sequential-Access > st0(ncr0:4:0): 200ns (5 Mb/sec) offset 8. > density code 0x13, drive empty > > Thanks! I had one of these with a couple of 12-tape magazines in a machine runing FreeBSD 2.1.5 a few months ago. Sadly I no longer have access to it, or I could give you exact details - the best I can tell you is that you need to use the 'tape' or 'st' or 'tp' program to switch tapes. When you've put the magazine in and the drive has scanned the magazine for tapes, you need to press the step button on the front of the drive once to load the first tape. To switch tapes, use 'tape unload; sleep 20; tape load'. I don't know Amanda - if you have source code, or it's configurable, you could put this sequence in to switch tapes. I hope this helps Jason Fordham