mt stat gives this error:
[root@www john]# mt stat
/dev/tape: No such device or address
lsmod looks like this: Module Size Used by qlogicfas408 6473 0 st 30429 0 parport_pc 21249 1 lp 9133 0 parport 35977 2 parport_pc,lp md5 3905 1 ipv6 217349 16 autofs4 20677 0 sunrpc 141861 1 iptable_filter 2369 0 ip_tables 13889 1 iptable_filter 3c59x 33385 0 dm_mod 47317 0 button 4825 0 battery 7117 0 asus_acpi 9177 0 ac 3533 0 ext3 96937 4 jbd 66521 1 ext3 qla1280 81997 0 sd_mod 17473 5 scsi_mod 105360 3 st,qla1280,sd_mod
dmesg contans these messages:
SCSI subsystem initialized
qla1280: QLA1280 found on PCI bus 1, dev 7
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:07.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
scsi(0): Reading NVRAM
scsi(0:0): Resetting SCSI BUS
scsi(0:1): Resetting SCSI BUS
scsi0 : QLogic QLA1280 PCI to SCSI Host Adapter
Firmware version: 8.15.00, Driver version 3.24.3
Vendor: COMPAQ Model: ST34371W Rev: 0682
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi(0:0:2:0): Sync: period 10, offset 8, Wide, Tagged queuing: depth 255
SCSI device sda: 8386000 512-byte hdwr sectors (4294 MB)
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST39103LW Rev: 0002
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi(0:0:4:0): Sync: period 10, offset 8, Wide, Tagged queuing: depth 255
SCSI device sdb: 17783240 512-byte hdwr sectors (9105 MB)
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1 sdb2
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
qla1280: QLA12160 found on PCI bus 1, dev 8
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:08.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
scsi(1): Reading NVRAM
qla1280_isr(): index 1 asynchronous BUS_RESET
qla1280_isr(): index 0 asynchronous BUS_RESET
scsi(1:0): Resetting SCSI BUS
scsi(1:1): Resetting SCSI BUS
scsi1 : QLogic QLA12160 PCI to SCSI Host Adapter
Firmware version: 10.04.32, Driver version 3.24.3
Vendor: EXABYTE Model: EXB-85058SQANXR0 Rev: 0808
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
scsi(1:0:4:0): Sync: period 50, offset 14and lspci shows this output:
[root@www john]# /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c325 [ViRGE] (rev 06)
01:07.0 SCSI storage controller: QLogic Corp. ISP1280 SCSI Host Adapter (rev 03)
01:08.0 SCSI storage controller: QLogic Corp. ISP12160 Dual Channel Ultra3 SCSI Processor (rev 06)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3C920B-EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller [Tornado] (rev 40)
With a 2.4 kernel and a ISP1040 HBA instead of the ISP12160 the tape drive is fully functional.
I had to replace the ISP1040 with the ISP12160, because Qlogic doesn't want to supply a 2.6 versions of their driver.
/John
-- John Damm Sørensen, Stenkrogen 6, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, 4498 6995
