Attaching IBM Magstar 3590-E11 to Linux RHEL 4
 

I want to attach IBM Magstar 3590-E11 to RHEL 4 (kernel 2.6.9-55.EL).

The linux is in x86_64 machine.

I download the driver/module from IBM website (lin_tape-1.10.0-2.6.9-55.EL.x86_64.rpm.bin) and loaded it to the linux machine. In the /proc/scsi directory, the files IBMtape and IBMchanger are there. /dev/IBMtape is also available.

Then I install IBMtapeutil for tape utility.

The tape drives is connected to the machine, then I restart the machine and the tape driver.

The I run IBMtapeutil to check whether the machine has detect the tape driver.

Open Device, then I put /dev/IBMtape.....but the message is:

"Operation failed with errno 11. Resource temporarily unavailable"

I assume the machine doesn't detect the tape driver yet. Am I correct ??

How to make the machine detect the tape driver ?? Is there any steps that I miss ??


This is my 1st experience attaching tape drive with linux machine.


Apprciate for the helps.


Rgds

You may need to run depmod to introduce your new driver into modules.dep. Check to see if you have a text file called /lib/modules/kernel-2.6.9-55.EL/modules.dep. Then search /lib/modules/kernel-2.6.9-55.EL/modules.dep to see if your tape driver is in modules.dep. If it isn't then run depmod. See:

man depmod

Boot the machine and see if your tape driver is loaded with the lsmod command.

lsmod | less

If it isn't loaded then try to load it with the modprobe command:

modprobe drivername

After you get the module loaded then try to write to a tape and see what happens.

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Steve Stites