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#1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:08 AM

Greetings,

I am trying to configure a DAT tape drive on Dell PE 840 running SCO
5.0.7.

On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:

Slot #3
Ch A
ID 6
LUN 0
BUS 16

And the tape drive is connect to a Adaptec 39320A. I have loaded the
AD320 driver and configured the tape drive as:

ad320
Host adapter = 0
Bus = 0
Target = 6
Lun = 0

However i get "can't open 'dev/xct0' when i do a 'tape status' - any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated~!

#2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:08 AM

On Sep 4, 11:29 am, TSIs2000 <jmerrifi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am trying to configure a DAT tape drive on Dell PE 840 running SCO
> 5.0.7.
>
> On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:
>
> Slot #3
> Ch A
> ID 6
> LUN 0
> BUS 16
>
> And the tape drive is connect to a Adaptec 39320A. I have loaded the
> AD320 driver and configured the tape drive as:
>
> ad320
> Host adapter = 0
> Bus = 0
> Target = 6
> Lun = 0
>
> However i get "can't open 'dev/xct0' when i do a 'tape status' - any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated~!

Hi there,

What is the output of sconf -v
Maybe the host adapter might need to be 1.

Foz.

#3 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:08 AM

I usually install UnixWare, but it seems the one time I installed
Openserver, I had to use the mkdev tape command for that tape to get
recognized - apparently open server is not plug and play!

"TSIs2000" <jmerrifield@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1188926992.830820.282640@50g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
> Greetings,
>
> I am trying to configure a DAT tape drive on Dell PE 840 running SCO
> 5.0.7.
>
> On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:
>
> Slot #3
> Ch A
> ID 6
> LUN 0
> BUS 16
>
> And the tape drive is connect to a Adaptec 39320A. I have loaded the
> AD320 driver and configured the tape drive as:
>
> ad320
> Host adapter = 0
> Bus = 0
> Target = 6
> Lun = 0
>
> However i get "can't open 'dev/xct0' when i do a 'tape status' - any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated~!
>

#4 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:08 AM

Ron Kirschner wrote:
> I usually install UnixWare, but it seems the one time I installed
> Openserver, I had to use the mkdev tape command for that tape to get
> recognized - apparently open server is not plug and play!
>

OpenServer5 is not P&P as far as tapes and disks are concerned;
OpenServer6 *is*

Best,
Rob

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#5 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:08 AM

TSIs2000 wrote (on Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 05:29:52PM -0000):
> Greetings,
>
> I am trying to configure a DAT tape drive on Dell PE 840 running SCO
> 5.0.7.
>
> On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:
>
> Slot #3
> Ch A
> ID 6
> LUN 0
> BUS 16
>
> And the tape drive is connect to a Adaptec 39320A. I have loaded the
> AD320 driver and configured the tape drive as:
>
> ad320
> Host adapter = 0
> Bus = 0
> Target = 6
> Lun = 0
>
> However i get "can't open 'dev/xct0' when i do a 'tape status' - any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated~!

Shot in the dark: perhaps you really want /dev/rStp0, or /dev/*tp*.

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#6 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:08 AM

Edit /etc/default/tape, change xct0 to rct0 (or rStp0) and tape status
will work.

TSIs2000 wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am trying to configure a DAT tape drive on Dell PE 840 running SCO
> 5.0.7.
>
> On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:
>
> Slot #3
> Ch A
> ID 6
> LUN 0
> BUS 16
>
> And the tape drive is connect to a Adaptec 39320A. I have loaded the
> AD320 driver and configured the tape drive as:
>
> ad320
> Host adapter = 0
> Bus = 0
> Target = 6
> Lun = 0
>
> However i get "can't open 'dev/xct0' when i do a 'tape status' - any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated~!

#7 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:08 AM

On Sep 6, 4:35 pm, mbennett <mbenn...@claritysoftwaresystems.com>
wrote:
> Edit /etc/default/tape, change xct0 to rct0 (or rStp0) and tape status
> will work.
>
>
>
> TSIs2000 wrote:
> > Greetings,
>
> > I am trying to configure a DAT tape drive on Dell PE 840 running SCO
> > 5.0.7.
>
> > On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:
>
> > Slot #3
> > Ch A
> > ID 6
> > LUN 0
> > BUS 16
>
> > And the tape drive is connect to a Adaptec 39320A. I have loaded the
> > AD320 driver and configured the tape drive as:
>
> > ad320
> > Host adapter = 0
> > Bus = 0
> > Target = 6
> > Lun = 0
>
> > However i get "can't open 'dev/xct0' when i do a 'tape status' - any
> > suggestions would be greatly appreciated~!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks to all.... got it working...was Adapter #2 ID #6 LUN 0 and BUS
0.

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