Tape command problem

[Guest_imported]

I have configured a SCSI tape drive for SCO Openserver 5.0.6, but when I tried to use the tape command to check the status of the tape drive I got this error:

-# tape -s status
tape: unable to do 'status' command on '/dev/xct0' : Invalid argument

The tape device exist and there is no confilts at all.

any suggestions?

Ereg

 

[Royt]

Ereg

You need to specify the device which should be /dev/rStp0 for the first SCSI tape drive.

tape -s status /dev/rStp0

Roy

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks Royt, but when I exeec that command, this is the output I got:-

# tape -s status /dev/rStp0
tape: can't open '/dev/rStp0': No such device or address

I did check if there is rStp0:-

# ls -l /dev/rStp0
crw-rw-rw- 5 root root 46, 0 Mar 21 10:22 /dev/rStp0


any suggestions?

 

[Royt]

I haven't actually used a scsi tape in 5.0.6 but rStp0 works for 5.0.5. Are there any other devices such as rStp1?

If you
# mkdev tape
choose 1. Configure a SCSI...
then choose 6. View Current...

This won't give the name but it will tell you what is installed

Also try # hwconfig

If there is no entry for the tape then it certainly won't work

Roy

 

[jpmigue]

The device node may exist but is it correct? hwconfig -h will show the resources that the tape uses. Check controller #, bus #, lun #, and SCSI ID

James

 

[edfair]

There is generic tape stuff loaded on install by earlier versions that give some of the same problems. Solution on them was mkdev tape , remove scsi device, regen kernel, reboot, mkdev tape, add a scsi tape, regen & reboot.
I've seen the problem from 4.2 thru 5.0.5 so it wouldn't surprise me if it is in 5.0.6.
And no matter what I did, until I got rid of the generic then added specific, it plain didn't work. Don't know if this will help, but is offered as my observation. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

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[Nostradamus]

I´m having the exakt problem as above but on 5.0.5 instead.
I can however do tape status but not tape xstatus or getspeed.

REALLY URGENT!!

Ideas anyone?

as far as I can see, the lun, bus, scsi-id and so on looks fine.

/Sören