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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news.dra.com!news.he.net!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!gizmo.nas.nasa.gov!truesdel From: truesdel@gizmo.nas.nasa.gov (David A. Truesdell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help Needed: Archive Python autoloader and Amanda port Date: 20 Nov 1996 04:17:45 GMT Organization: NAS/NASA Ames Research Center Lines: 30 Message-ID: <56u0p9$c3@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <3292187A.41C67EA6@phoebe.rochester.ican.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gizmo.nas.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #61 (NOV) Rob Levandowski <robl@phoebe.rochester.ican.net> writes: >What do I need to do to access the autoloader mechanism, either in >general, or with AMANDA specifically? I'm not running 2.2-current, I'm running 2.1.5 (will be 2.1.6 RSN). What I have is Jason Thorpe's version of the SCSI media changer code installed in my kernel and a perl script which uses a command called "chio" (part of thorpej's modifications) to manage the tape loader. I've been using it for about two months and am very happy with it. >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 Do you have the SCSI changer device (ch0) in your configuration? What does dmesg say about it? This is what my system says: (bt0:4:0): "ARCHIVE Python 00072-001 4.BT" type 1 removable SCSI 2 st0(bt0:4:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, 512-byte blocks, write-enabled (bt0:4:1): "ARCHIVE Python 00072-001 4.BT" type 8 removable SCSI 2 ch0(bt0:4:1): Medium-Changer 12 slots, 1 drive, 1 picker -- T.T.F.N., Dave Truesdell truesdel@nas.nasa.gov/postmaster@nas.nasa.gov Wombat Wrestler/Software Packrat/Baby Wrangler/Newsmaster/Postmaster