Hi,

It seems that the fedora-list is not working -- maybe I am wrong, but I
don't see any message from the list including my posts and never got any
reply (I have registered with it a while ago). So, I post it here. If I
am wrong, please forgive me. I appreciate any help!

Here is my problem:

We have installed FC1 on a new Dell P4 3Ghz pc. Everything runs well
except that the scsi tape drive is not seen from fc1. When I boot the pc,
the motherboard detects the scsi card and the scsi card detects the tape
drive (this DDS4 is the only scsi device in this pc):

AHA-2940UW v.2.11.0 ...
SCSI ID: 2 SONY SDT-11000

Then, the fc1 starts booting and I don't see any information about it.
After fc1 is started, I checked:

# dmesg | grep scsi
scsi0 : ata_piix
scsi1 : ata_piix

but, no output from:
# dmesg | grep st0
# dmesg | grep st1

If I run:

# /bin/mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
/dev/st0: No such device

I go to KDE -- Hardware Browser -- SCSI Devices, it shows:
AHA 2940UW Pro/AIC-7888x

but no device is displayed. I go to KDE -- Control Center -- Information
-- SCSI, it shows: "Attached devises: none"

This tape drive was used in our another rh7.3 linux very well until I took
it out from that system and installed in this fc1 a few days ago.

The motherboard can see it, but fc1 can only see the scsi card, not the
tape drive. Can somebody tell me why? how to fix the problem? Is there
anything else I should do?

I appreciate all help!

Harvey

First let us check the hardware: Check if the tape drive has a ID over 3 (not a boot device) and the Terminator is at the end of the chain, if the drive has an auto-termination, get sure the scsi cable ends at the last drive.

I assume the Controllercard has a menu you can enter directly after boot, without any software - check if the drive has the correct speed settings (in case of doubt begin with the lowest speed and try).

In the BIOS, get sure it's not trying to boot from SCSI before the IDE.


Now the software, have you tried "/dev/nst0" and others "/dev/*0" ?