RE: Configuring HP Dat for redhat

[Gerry Doris <gdoris home com>]

While I don't have the exact same unit as you I believe the switches are the
same.

Switch 1 & 2 control the compression
Switch 3 in the on position disables MRS
Switch 4 - 8 are defaulted to on and are changed for various software platforms.

For example, the switches are set as following for various operating systems:

Switches 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8

SUN      1  1  1  1  1  0  0  1
RS/6000  1  1  0  1  1  0  0  1 
DEC      1  1  0  1  1  0  1  0
HP-UX    1  1  0  1  1  1  1  1

Hope this helps.


Gerry



On 05-Dec-99 O'Sullivan, Dennis J wrote:
> Hi All
> I am hoping somebody has the information I need to configure a HP SureStore
> Dat drive 2000i for redhat 6 Linux.
> I know this is getting off the track a little, but this has been a problem
> I've been trying to solve for a while.
> 
> The tape drive appears to be installed ok  as I can address the unit (tar
> -cvf   /dev/nst0 *) and it goes through the motions for 2 or 3 minutes then
> returns an error.
> 
> This error refers to the Media recognition system, the tape drive has 8 dip
> switches on the under side of the unit. I have been to the HP web site to
> try to find some information re: dip switches and managed to get some help.
> The first 2 switches control the compression the 3 and 8 th switch control
> the MRS system. unfortunately it doesn't cover the 4th to 7 switch.
> Has anybody got one of these units working using Linux ?
> I think I am very close to solving my problem and I think these switches my
> be the answer.
> 
> Thanks
> Dennis
> Good luck to everybody for the Festive season.
> 
> 
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E-Mail: Gerry Doris <gdoris home com>
Date: 05-Dec-99
Time: 23:13:06

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