SuSE Linux since Version 6.4 and Tapestreamer HP Colorado

Support knowledgebase (mkrapp_colorado)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.4
Kernel: Versions since 2.2.14

Symptom:

Your HP Colorado streamer doesn't work with SuSE Linux. You can write onto the drive but not read from it. You get errormessages like:
   ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1e, key =  5, asc = 20, ascq =  0

Solution:

This device has to be run with scsi-emulation.

First get the devicename, e.g. from /var/log/boot.msg:


<4>hda: IBM-DTLA-307030, ATA DISK drive
<4>hdb: HP COLORADO 8GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
<4>hdc: _NEC DV-5700A, ATAPI CDROM drive
Now click on the configuration-icon in the KDE-programbar and start YaST1. Choose "System administration" -> "Kernel- and boot configuration" -> "LILO configuration"

At "Append-line for hardware parameter" add

   hdX=ide-scsi
whereas X has to be the devicename of the Colorado. If there is already an entry, simply append your entry with a single space as separator. Save and exit YaST.

Now open with your editor the file:

/sbin/init.d/boot.local
and append the line:
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
So the file looks like:

# ! /bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.  All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Florian La Roche , 1996
#         Werner Fink , 1996
#         Burchard Steinbild , 1996
#
# /sbin/init.d/boot.local
#
# script with local commands to be executed from init on system startup
#
. /etc/rc.config
#
# Here you should add things, that should happen directly after booting
# before we're going to the first run level.
#
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
Save and exit the editor.
Now reboot your computer. The Colorado now reacts as a SCSI-device. E.g.
   tar cvzf /dev/nst0 /home/tux
saves the home-directory of user "tux"
   mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
rewinds the tape, and
   tar xvzf /dev/nst0
restores the saved directory. Of course the programs "dump" and "restore" will do the same ;-)
Keywords: COLORADO, STREAMER, TRAVAN, TAPE

Categories: Hardware

SDB-mkrapp_colorado, Copyright SuSE Linux AG, Nürnberg, Germany - Version: 18. Okt 2000
SuSE Linux AG - Last generated: 15. Apr 2002 by sdb (sdb_gen 1.40.0)