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From: Tom Podnar <tom@microlite.com>
Subject: Re: Tap Drive - cannot install
References: <a6ksdc$9cc$1@horsefly.nf.net> 
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:20:57 -0500

DWB wrote:
> 
> I amd installing a SCSI Tape Drive Unit - a HP SureStore DAT 24i.
> 
> When I makedev tape, the system shows that a tape drive is installed
> already:
> 
>     0    Generic SCSI - 1 / SCSI -2
> 
> I try to remove it and I get an error message that says
> "There are currently no SCSI Tape Drives configured in the
> /etc/conf/cf.d/mscsi file. Do you wish to continue? (y/n)"
> >y
> "The number of SCSI devices has not been changed."
> 
> A listing shows the SCSI tape device is still there.
> 
> I try to add a new SCSI tape drive anyway.
> I fill in all the options. hostadaotoer prefix=alad, scsi adaptor=0, bus=0,
> targetid=3, lun=0
> Update configuration
> use default vendor classification string, SCSI version, response data format
> select 1. Generic SCSI-1 /SCSI-2 tape drive
> rm to remove boot string
> 
> Then I go to the backup manager and try to run it, it comes back and tells
> me that it is unable to get defaults for the tape drive. Backup  manager
> then quits.
> 
> I try to remove both tape drives, but I am left with one always.
> 
> Anybody have any suggestions on how I can remove this phatom tape drive?
> 
> DWB

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