Topic: Installing tapestreamer HP SureStore DAT24

[LeoM]

Hello All,

I recently connected an external HP ShureStore DAT24 to an internal CSCI card on my Mitel 6.0 server.

It works great !!

But.....

The streamer is only recognized after the (root) command : modprobe sym53c8xx

After a re-boot or re-installation, I have to give this command again.

Who can tell me a way to install the tapestreamer automatically during start-up?

Regards,

Leo.

[CharlieBrady]

But.....

The streamer is only recognized after the (root) command : modprobe sym53c8xx

Add:

alias scsi_hostadapter sym53c8xx

to /etc/modules.conf.

[LeoM]

Hello Charlie,

Thanks for your quick reply, but it does not seem to work on two different servers with two different scsi cards (sym53c8xx and sym53c416).

On both servers the "modprobe" command works fine, and after that the tapestreamers are working.

Any suggestions for a Linux newbie ?

Kind regards,

Leo Mudde
The Netherlands.

[LeoM]

Hello Charlie,

Problem is solved!!
Did some "heavy thinking" myself.....

In my case the extra line in etc/modules.conf
had to be: alias ide-scsi sym53c8xx
       and alias ide-scsi sym53c416
Everything works fine now.

Thanks for getting me started.

Leo.

[CharlieBrady]

In my case the extra line in etc/modules.conf
had to be: alias ide-scsi sym53c8xx
       and alias ide-scsi sym53c416

Why? What has ide-scsi to do with a SCSI tape drive? Why do you need two aliases entered? What happens if you only have the second one?

[LeoM]

Hello Charlie,

You got me there...

I only have the second line, so not two.

I came to this idea after giving the command lsmod and saw ide-scsi in that list.

So I gave  alias ide-scsi sym53c8xx a try, and it worked !!!

The alias ide-scsi sym53c416   is on my other server because that has a different scsi card chipset.


Regards,

Leo

[CharlieBrady]

Hello Charlie,

You got me there...

I only have the second line, so not two.

So when you say "alias ide-scsi sym53c8xx and alias ide-scsi sym53c416" you didn't mean that literally.

I came to this idea after giving the command lsmod and saw ide-scsi in that list.

So I gave  alias ide-scsi sym53c8xx a try, and it worked !!!

But that doesn't mean that it's the correct thing to do. Would you please try using "scsi_hostadapter" as I suggested? That's what *should* work - and you haven't said that it didn't work.

You may need to reboot to undo any confusion over your use of ide-scsi.