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Re: Err-Unknown,,Re: HP35480 DAT Drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Wed Nov 25 17:58:07 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:57:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net>
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>>>>> "ma" == Marcelline, Ashley <ashley.marcelline@bt.com> writes:
ma> I don't know if this is the right place for this, but here goes...
ma> Does anyone know if it is possible and if so how to get an HP35480 DAT drive
ma> to work under RedHat 5.1-
ma> I installed an Adaptec 1505 scsi card, plugged in the drive and after
ma> rebuilding the kernel etc my pentium based machine announced that it had
ma> found the scsi card and that there was a HP35480 drive at address 0.
Exactly what does your dmesg output look like, the portion that
pertains to the HP35480A ?
I just had one die on me a few months back, not too unusual for this
drive. I have had three or four of them in about 10 years. I now have
a C1599 which I like much better.
ma> Commands like 'mt rewoffl' work ok and this particular command rewinds the
ma> tape and ejects it.
Not sure what rewoffl is but the commands:
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
mt -f /dev/st0 offline
mt -f /dev/st0 status
Should all work.
ma> Any attempt to execute a command that would access the tape i.e. read,
ma> write, erase results in the tape fast forwarding the playing/recording then
ma> rewinding and the second status light flashing yellow until the machine is
ma> 'power cycled'.
If the above don't work you have a problem or /dev/st0 is not set
right. The device file st0 should look like, to be used by a user:
crw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 9, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/st0
Or for root only use:
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/st0
Also check this page for the documents and FAQ's on this drive along
with the led info.
http://www.hp.com/isgsupport/dat/allother.html
ma> I get a message back from the command of 'I/O error'.
This could merely be a wrong permssion problem with your device file
or could mean the drive is dead.
BTW, this drive is no longer made or supported, I think you can still
get it repaired but it will usually cost you more than its worth,
usually more than $300.
Hope this is of some help,
--
Ray Curtis Consultant/Programmer Curtis Consulting
mailto:ray@ray.clark.net http://www.clark.net/pub/ray
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