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

[L.M.J]

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 !

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