[3522] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: HP DAT autochanger
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Noxon)
Fri Mar 13 15:17:37 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:46:14 -0600
From: Jeff Noxon <jeff@planetfall.com>
To: "Gerald J. Puhl" <garyp@jppattern.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980313090048.9962A-100000@garyp.jppattern.com>; from Gerald J. Puhl on Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 09:06:51AM -0600
On Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 09:06:51AM -0600, Gerald J. Puhl wrote:
>
> Greeting Linux SCSI experts:
>
> I need to write a short program for the above mentioned device. I need to
> be able to select and load a particular tape into the drive (6 tapes in
> the drive). According to the HP manual the SCSI command LOAD/UNLOAD
> (opcode 0x1b) is used to load or unload a specified cartridge from the
> drive mech. After reviewing the SCSI-Programming howto and downloading
> some the SPECS on SCSI-2 that doesn't appear to be correct. If fact the
> MOVE MEDIUM command should be used and that the LOAD command merely
> enables the drive. Does anyone know the proper command sequence to do
> this? Unfortunetly I am a SCSI programming newbie.
There is already a program called MTX that does this for some DAT changers,
and probably works with yours.
Look at http://www.dandelion.com:/Linux
Jeff
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