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Re: configuring an Adaptec 2920 with an HP 5000i DAT drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Thu Oct 29 12:13:55 1998
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:45:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net>
To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com
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>>>>> "def" == David E Fox <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com> writes:
def> If this is a FAQ, please excuse as I am having line problems at present
def> and Web pages are taking way too long to load.
def> Anyhow, to be brief, I picked up an Adaptec 2920 PCI SCSI card and an
def> HP 4mm DAT drive (5000i).
def> I am in the process of installing/configuring this. However, when I
def> compile in the future domain driver (the AIC driver doesn't work for
def> this card, as I found out) the system responds with "scsi: 0 hosts" even
def> though the drive is connected.
def> I've got the HP DAT drive configured on channel #3, and there are some
def> dip switches on the bottom of the drive that I'm not sure of. The HP
def> manual notes some settings for some Unices, but Linux is not among
def> them :(.
Check out: http://www.hp.com/tape/c_switch.html
Turn compression on for the drive since the compression on the drive
should work better than software compression.
Also don't forget once you get this going to use your cleaning tape
about every 8 weeks or so.
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Ray Curtis Unix Programmer/Consultant Curtis Consulting
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