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

[Nick Fox]

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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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