Backup : Adaptec AHA-2944UW / AIC-7884U SCSI adapter & HP Q1523A tape reader
Nick Fox
nickj.fox at gmail.com
Sun Jan 31 18:44:31 UTC 2010
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L.M.J wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new in SCSI adapter and backup stuff. For my SOHO needs, I want to setup backup on tape. A friend gave
> me 3 things to put in my regular x86 PC running Ubuntu Server 8.10 x86_64 / 2.6.27-16 :
> - a PCI SCSI Adaptec AHA-2944UW / AIC-7884U SCSI adapter [1]
> - a SCSI cable (I guess it works fine)
> - a HP StorageWorks DAT 72e tape drive [2]
>
> I've plugged the PCI card in my PC, connected the cable, power on the tape drive and booted my linux. After
> a long SCSI scan, grub came, ubuntu started to boot and then, lock on "loading hardware modules" or
> something similar and then, display [FAILED]. Once it was booted, I've tried some basic command found
> here [3] without success :
> # mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
> mt: /dev/st0: rmtopen failed: No such file or directory
>
> I guess I don't have the right module loaded. HP provides diagnostic tools, are they useful? They don't
> even provide a .deb... I've grab a .rpm and rpm2cpio'ed it, it contains a bunch of binaries but nothing who
> looks like a driver.
> I've also downloaded a "Linux Driver Source Code" from the Adaptec website
> (aic7Yxx-2.0.26-6.3.11-linux-2.6.tgz) : no explication at all how to compile it, there is a Makefile but
> make failes :
> # make
> make: *** No rule to make target `/aic7xxx_seq.h', needed by `/aic7xxx_core.o'. Stop.
>
> Any ideas is welcome!
>
>
> [1] : http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi/2940/AHA-2944UW/
> [2] :
> http://search.hp.com/query.html?sh=1&charset=UTF-8&la=en&qt=HP%20DAT%2072%20External%20Tape%20Drive%20Q1523A
> and http://www.superwarehouse.com/HP_StorageWorks_DAT_72e_Tape_Drive/Q1523AABA/ps/255391
> [3] : http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-tape-backup-with-mt-and-tar-command-howto/
>
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
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
- -Nick
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