On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 20:58 +0100, Angelo Machils wrote: > Hello there! > > I have an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ with the INI 9400u SCSI card. On this card > there is only one device attached, a HP DLT4000 tape unit (2 HP DDS-3 > tape units are supposed to be added later). In my /var/log/messages file > I keep seeing these entries: > > Feb 21 12:56:41 imhotep kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > Feb 21 12:56:41 imhotep kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Feb 21 12:56:43 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:43 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:43 imhotep kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > Feb 21 12:56:43 imhotep kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Feb 21 12:56:45 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:45 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:45 imhotep kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > Feb 21 12:56:45 imhotep kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Feb 21 12:56:47 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:47 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:47 imhotep kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > Feb 21 12:56:47 imhotep kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Feb 21 12:56:49 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:49 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:49 imhotep kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > Feb 21 12:56:49 imhotep kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Feb 21 12:56:51 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > Feb 21 12:56:51 imhotep kernel: sddr09: could not read card info > > An sda entry would mean there is a SCSI drive attached, but there is > none. What is meant with sddr09 I have no idea! When I go into the BIOS > of the card, it only sees the DLT drive. What's in /proc/scsi/scsi ? Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
