Topic: HP SureStore DAT24 Installation

[James Shields]

I have been given a HP SureStore DAT24 & Adaptec 2940U SCSI controller. I am after some advice on how to install so the system recognises it. The SCSI ID is set to 3 and it detects the tape drive during BIOS boot sequence. phpSysInfo tells me the Adadptec card is detected, but no SCSI device shows up in phpSysInfo.

Tried to do a backup, but message comes back telling me no tape is loaded. I have tape loaded, and all LED's indicating as expected, just no backup.

Any suggestions ?

James

[Damien Curtain]

James Shields wrote:
>
> I have been given a HP SureStore DAT24 & Adaptec 2940U SCSI
> controller. I am after some advice on how to install so the
> system recognises it. The SCSI ID is set to 3 and it detects
> the tape drive during BIOS boot sequence. phpSysInfo tells me
> the Adadptec card is detected, but no SCSI device shows up in
> phpSysInfo.
>
> Tried to do a backup, but message comes back telling me no
> tape is loaded. I have tape loaded, and all LED's indicating
> as expected, just no backup.

You need to configure your hostadapter line in /etc/modules.conf

Replace ide-scsi with the module for your card, aic7xxx

ie
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
becomes
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx

then do a
modprobe -r ide-scsi
modprobe aic7xxx

(you may also need to do a modprobe -r sd_mod and one other...)

Then cat /proc/scsi/scsi to see your devices that have been recognised.
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 Damien