DLT "device not configured" errors

[up at 3.am]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Dan Nelson wrote:

> In the last episode (Jul 28), up at 3.am said:
> > A few months ago I brought up a new server using an Adaptec 2200S RAID
> > card, and it's been running fine with a RAID 1 array on channel 0.  Today
> > I tried to move the DLT (Quantum 4000) over to this server to make it the
> > amanda server, so I plugged it into the controller's external port for
> > channel 1.  When I do, neither amanda or mt will see the device, I get:
> >
> > mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured
>
> This could mean that there's no tape in the drive.  Does "camcontrol
> devlist" see the drive?  Also make sure you have the "aacp" device in the
> kernel; that allows non-disk devices to pass through the raid controller and
> be seen by FreeBSD.

The "aacp" device did the trick, for both the drive and camcontrol.

Thanks!

James Smallacombe		      PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
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