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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!tms!logan
- From: logan@tms.portal.com (Michael Logan)
- Subject: Need help making tape drive "Available" after "Defining"
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.010227.482@tms.portal.com>
- Sender: logan@tms.portal.com "Michael Logan"
- Organization: Teknekron - Corporation
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 01:02:27 GMT
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- I'm looking for some help with our RS-6000 and its accompanying
- IBM 7207-001 SCSI 1/4" tape drive (not model 011).
-
- I am able to use SMIT or mkdev (by hand) to define the 150mb drive
- but I am never able to "configure" it to the Available state so that
- I can install (via SMIT -> root# smit iou) other software from
- various vendors.
-
- This is the error (from smit and command line):
-
- # mkdev -l rmt0
- Method error (/etc/methods/cfgsctape):
- 0514-047 Cannot access a device.
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- I have tried the following techniques along with IBM tech support,
- but with no luck:
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- 0) power-cycled the tape drive/stuck in a tape
- 1) checking all the cables/terminators
- 2) verify scsi board, visually. probably ok since the 400mb
- SCSI disk is operating properly.
- 3) verify scsi address (was 3, we tried 4 just for kicks - same result)
- 4) completely removing the device via s/w and tried mkdev again.
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- Step 4 was repeated many times.
- The device address is 00-01-00-40 or something similar.
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- The "Defining" command is right from the man page and seems to work:
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- # mkdev -d -c tape -t 150mb -s scsi -p scsi0 -w 40
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- There is the distinct possibility that the drive is faulty, but a few weeks ago
- (when it was last used) it successfully booted from tape so that I could install
- AIX windows from one of the 4 AIX3.2 tape volumes. No problems there.
-
- I appreciate any insight to the problem or helpful hints. Thanks in advance..
-
- Mike
- (415)-322-6390 x185
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