[rescue] QIC-11 on a SparcStation ?

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

What does your kernel config file say for the st devices for scsi bus/address
location ?

If a tape is in the drive, does the mt command do anything with the drive
(rewind, retention) ?  Is it just not responding to tar/dump ?

does a dmesg output say anything about a tape drive after booting ?
(not sure if it will when your dealing with MT-02 but it may be worth
a look).

I have a SunOS 4.1.3 box that hasn't been powered up in a long time...
so I have a box if I need to dig beyond the capacity of my memory.
I was a heavy 4.1.3 user & admin at one time.

-- Curt

>From: "PurpleT3K" <purpletwilight3000 at yahoo.co.uk>
>To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: [rescue] QIC-11 on a SparcStation ?
>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:39:13 -0000
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>Curt,
>
>Thanks for that. I did try MAKEDEV st and the rst? and nrst? 
>devices were created. But it still doesnt seem to work.
>
>The tape drive does use the MT-02 bridge board (I've just
>removed it). The third board is some kind of SCSI->EDSI
>converter for the full height HD that is in the shoebox. I
>disabled that board because I guess the HD is set to SCSI 
>address 0.
>
>The tape drive does click and wirr when I try a probe-scsi
>command - so its definitely there. 
>
>Interestingly - if I connect the HD unit and board, I get
>more information when the Sun boots referring to sd3,
>and also to the "ADAPTEC" driver. But the disk unit
>gives lots of errors and the main internal scsi drives
>become unstable.
>
>Ian.
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