seagate tr5

[jbk at mail2.gis.net (jbk)]

jbk wrote:

> Bill Holt wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I can't seem to get my rh9 to recognize my STT320000a tape drive (IDE).
> > Can anybody point me in the right direction, I'm new with tape drives, thanks in advance.
> > Bill
> >
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> Are you using the default kernel or did you roll your own?  I have a seagate STT28000N ide
> drive. I can't remember if I had to compile drivers for it or download them from seagate. I
> will see what modules are loaded when I ssh the server later.
>
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>     jim
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What do you get when you type mt -f  /dev/nht0 status &
What are your boot messages?
How are the jumpers set on the tape drive? Master, slave, or CS?
 til next
    jim