[lug] AHA3940UW RH & tape drive

[D. Stimits]

Anders Knudsen wrote:
> 
> Having trouble with RH7 seeing this tape drive.
> I installed an adaptec 3940 controller (it was lying around) and attached an
> exabyte scsi 8mm tape drive to it. Want to use this for back up. This is the
> only thing connected to the adapter card. When I boot, the adapter says that
> the tape drive is on channel B at scsi id 0. Then it says scsi bios not loaded.
> When the RH7 kernel boots, it says scsi: 0 devices found.
> I cannot access /dev/st0.
> Am I missing something?
> I checked the various HowTos, nothing helped. I even restarted with a tape in
> the drive. Still nothing.
> BTW, this drive works fine with Windoze.
> TIA for any info...
> -Anders.

I would have to question whether the "scsi bios not loaded" implies the
bios in the scsi controller is bad or wiped out. Does any other scsi
device work on the controller as a whole? Does any other scsi device
work on channel B? The scsi bios is to the controller the similar to the
kernel to the o/s as a whole. Maybe it is something like a cable problem
that causes the scsi bios to not load (if you are lucky).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com