Unsupported Tape Drive on Openserver 5

[paulexander]

I'm trying to get an Exabyte Mammoth-2 tape drive to work on Openserver 5.<br><br>I tried the generic SCSI driver, as well as the &quot;EXABYTE 8mm tape drive (8200 or 8500)&quot;, both to no avail. When I try to run a backup, no data is written, and the session hangs.<br><br>Strangely enough, I can do a &quot;tape status&quot;, and everything seems allright. It just poops out when I try to write data.<br><br>We're using cpio to perform backups, which is why I'm not relying on Backup Software support.<br><br>Are there any other tips/tricks/drivers I should be aware of?

 

[paulexander]

Never mind. I figured it out. It's always the obvious answer.<br><br>I went down to baseline, and continued troubleshooting every possible issue.<br><br>Bad SCSI cable. That's what I get for using the cables that got shipped with some other drive. Now I'm off to DIA cables to get a *real* SCSI cable.<br><br>Just an FYI for those who care, the &quot;EXABYTE 8mm tape drive (8200 or 8500)&quot; driver works just fine for Exabyte's Mammoth-2 Drives.<br><br>-P