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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Need help adding SCSI tape drive
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:23:46 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Charlie Sorsby wrote:
> The 2940 scsi utilities (I guess it's actually the Adaptec scsi
> utilities) see only the disk drive, the CDROM drive, and the host
> adapter (SCSI ID 7).

Then I'd say that's one broke SCSI tape drive you got there.  If the
Adaptec BIOS can't see it, and it's clearly configured correctly (as
appears to be your case), then it's dead or somehow not powered up
(bogus power connector?  Has happened).
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project