Hi,
Sorry for the long delayed summary. Thanks to:
Selden E. Ball, Jr. SEB_at_LNS62.LNS.CORNELL.EDU
Mitch Bertone mbertone_at_gtech.com
Dr. Thomas P. Blinn tpb_at_zk3.dec.com
Alan Rollow alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
George Guethlein GGuethlein_at_GiantOfMaryland.com
The answer is:
TZ877 autoloader incorporates a TZ87/TZ87N drive (equivalent to DLT2000)
which does not support DLT compactTape IIITX nor the DLT compactTape IV tape.
They will work with a DLT 4000/7000 tape drive. We have to upgrade the TZ877
to TZ887/TZ897. On the other hand, I found that our Sun is using a DLT4000
and both tapes works.
OO>From gkchan_at_home01.netvigator.com Tue Mar 3 16:01:02 1998
OO>Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 16:00:46 +0800 (HKT)
OO>From: Chan George <gkchan_at_netvigator.com>
OO>To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
OO>Subject: can TZ877 DLT tape drive support DLT compactTape III
OO>Cc: gkchan_at_home01.netvigator.com, imsjpang_at_home01.netvigator.com
OO>
OO>Dear expert,
OO> I have a Digital TZ877 autoloader connected to an AlphaStation
OO>running Digital Unix 3.2C. We are also using Networker version 3.2A and
OO>the device name is /dev/rmt0h. We used to used CompacTape III, but currently
OO>we bought some DLT tapes:
OO>
OO> DLT IIIXT (30 GB)
OO> DLT IV (40GB Data cartridge)
OO>
OO>Whenever, I used the above tape with the auto-loader, I got I/O error with
OO>"tar cvf /dev/nrmt0h ." and the autoloader "Use Cleaning Tape" led flashes.
OO>The tape works fine on my Sun DLT tape drive. Did I use the wrong device name,
OO>or do I have to build a new kernel to support these tapes. Any idea? Thanks.
Regards,
Georges Chan.
PS: The opinions expressed above are entirely my own!!
Electronic: gkchan_at_netvigator.com
Received on Tue Mar 17 1998 - 04:54:21 NZST