Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Sep 1998 11:51:25 -0400 | From | Michael Meissner <> | Subject | Re: Archive Python DAT DDS-1 tape drive with recent Linux NCR53C8XX driver |
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> Could you have a look at the boot-up messages and check if 2.5f > detects the NVRAM as 3.0g does. Here is the corresponding message: > > [ ncr53c875-0: Tekram format NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, Parity Checking ]
Yes it detects the ram:
ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 13, function 0 ncr53c8xx: 53c875 detected with Tekram NVRAM ncr53c875-0: rev=0x03, base=0xe4002000, io_port=0x7000, irq=11 ncr53c875-0: Tekram format NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, Parity Checking ncr53c875-0: on-chip RAM at 0xe4003000 ncr53c875-0: restart (scsi reset). ncr53c875-0: Downloading SCSI SCRIPTS.
In the process of adding a second tape drive on the work system (a WangDat 3800), I noticed that I was mistaken when I mentioned I had set the Archive to SCSI-2 as opposed to SCSI-1. I set the home system to SCSI-1, and the 2.1.120_pre3 kernel now can access the tape completely fine (since it is an async only device, it does get the message kernel: ncr53c875-0-<2,*>: SYNC transfers not supported.).
So my immediate problem is solved with the latest drivers. Did you want me to try anything else?
-- Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions (Massachusetts office) 4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA meissner@cygnus.com, 617-354-5416 (office), 617-354-7161 (fax)
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