Backup : Adaptec AHA-2944UW / AIC-7884U SCSI adapter & HP Q1523A tape reader

[L.M.J]

Anyone for this issue plzzz ;)


On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:44:22 +0100, "L.M.J" <linuxmasterjedi at free.fr>
wrote:
> Le Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:44:31 -0600,
> Nick Fox <nickj.fox at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
>> My first two items without knowing allot about this hardware:
>> 
>> 1) alien can be used to convert a rpm -> deb for installation
>> 	sudo apt-get install alien
> Indeed, I've already done that but I'm wondering if those HP diagnostic
> tools could be helpful.
> 
> 
>> 2) the error posted for the make file leads me to think there is a
>> config/configure or the likes script you need to run prior to make.
>> Perhpas look through any provided docs on the proper linux installation
> 
> 
> The kernel module seems to be loded correctly : 
> 	# lsmod | grep -i aic
> 	aic7xxx               166236  0 
> 	scsi_transport_spi     35584  1 aic7xxx
> 	scsi_mod              183544  7
> 	usb_storage,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,aic7xxx,scsi_transport_spi,libata
> 
> 
> The documentation can be found here :
> http://www.netadmintools.com/text/README.aic7xxx.txt
> 
>>From what I've seen in the doc, I found something in /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/
> 	# cat /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/4 
> 	Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 7.0
> 	Adaptec 2944 Ultra SCSI adapter
> 	aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=3, 16/253 SCBs
> 	Allocated SCBs: 4, SG List Length: 128
> 
> 	Serial EEPROM:
> 	0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 
> 	0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 0xc378 
> 	0x10a6 0x005f 0x2803 0x0010 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 
> 	0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0x708d 
> 
> 	Target 0 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 1 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 2 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 3 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 4 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 5 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 6 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 7 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 8 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 9 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 10 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 11 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 12 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 13 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 14 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 	Target 15 Negotiation Settings
> 		User: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
> 
> 
> 
> But I'm still wondering why a "/dev/st0" appear somewhere to let me use
my
> HP tape drive...
> There is a counter at the back on the tape drive who can be increased
from
> 0 to 15, should I set something
> else then 0 ? I have only one SCSI device.
> I'm using a Adaptec SCSI cable, does it must be plug in a specific way?
> 
> 
>    Thanks !
> 
> -- 
>  LMJ
>  "May the source be with you my young padawan"
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