Gereon Wenzel wrote:
> "rowan" schrieb:
> ...
>
>>Andre, I tried 0 through 6 (that's what I meant by "on up"). Is ID 0 the address on a MCA machine where ID 7
>>is used on ISA / PCI?
>
>
> Nope, HA ID is 7 like on x86 boxen. 0 should workas well,
> but has the lowest priority on the bus.
> (Thats why IBMs MCA PC boxen used to boot ID6.)
>
> Using smit go to "add devices after IPL" and let it detect your drive
> Other Choice is "devices" "tape" add "ost" there and copy the settings
> from the IBM 4mm drive.
> Make sure your cabling is working properly.
> Run "diags" to make sure the drive is detected by the machine.
> The noise it makes after power up is the usual selftest,
> not initiated by the host machine, but the device itself.
>
> Ran into trouble myself lately while adding a non IBM
> (but detected as IBM) Tandberg QIC which frequently failed
> mode select command due to its non IBM Firmware?
> Some non IBM drives bevave picky on blue HW.
>
> Gereon
Gereon, thanks for the suggestion. I went via SMIT and used the add devices after IPL. While that was
running the 4mm tape drive was spinning. When it completed the 4mm drive stopped. Unfortunately SMIT came
back saying OK but below it said
cfgmgr: 0514-609 Unable to save the base customized information on /dev/ipldevice.


I also tried the ost option. It asked for location and I entered the SCSI ID as 30 where 3 is the ID and 0
the LUN. It didn't like that producing the error:
Method error (/etc/methods/cfgsctape):
0514-044 Cannot make a special file.

I tried the help options but still can't figure it out. I guess it is time to rip the 520H and 4mm drives
apart to see if there is an open position on the SCSI cable to temporarily connect the tape or substitute it
for the 8mm device.

Suggestions?