[CentOS] Re: Overland Arcvault 12 and sequential/random settings

Thu Mar 13 16:04:25 UTC 2008
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

on 3-13-2008 8:00 AM Scott R. Ehrlich spake the following:
> My unit's firmware: library 05.03, tape d22h, shows the device as set to 
> random mode. But mtx -f /dev/st0 status gives an error that google says 
> the device is in sequential mode.  dmesg|grep -i hp does reflect CentOS 
> thinks the device is a sequential unit.
> 
> I've tried this with Fedora 8, too, and both show the same, so it is 
> either an issue with CentOS/Fedora RPMs, or the version of MTX?
> 
> I'm going to try a simple install of Ubuntu next and see if there is any 
> difference.
> 
> Is this a bug with the firmware, or with my setup?
> 
> I have rebooted the tape drive and machine several times.
> 
> I have the drive connected to an Adaptec 29160.
> 
> I have another identical drive on another system, with a library 
> firmware of d21h, tape firmware 04.04, and that works perfectly with 
> mtx, though it is connected to a different SCSI card.
> 
> Thanks for any help/insights.
> 
> Scott
First I would try the simplest test and swap the drives to eliminate the scsi 
card if it isn't too difficult. I seem to remember some other problems with 
that particular adaptec card, or its driver, but can't quite remember the issue.

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