Re: [Osst-users] osst doesn't detect my drive
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From: Willem R. <os...@ri...> - 2004-08-01 21:41:36
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On 08/01/2004 04:32:57 PM, Michel Meyers wrote: >=20 > > I've had my DI-30 running with and without DMA throughout osst > > development, and never seen detection problems caused that way. >=20 > Hmm, as mentioned before, I've had this problem on another box too. The > simple fact of doing 'hdparm -c1 -d1 -u1 /dev/hdb' was enough to make oss= t > not find the drive (even cancelling out these settings with > 'hdparm -c0 -d0 -u0 /dev/hdb' wouldn't help). Not sure whether that would > still be the case today, I simply left the drive untouched by hdparm afte= r > that. I tried that hdparm command out of curiosity -- no effect on my machine. I am running 2.6 kernels these days though. > This is Debian testing so I guess I received some updates during my regul= ar > aptitude runs. As I said, I've located the problem now: The system someho= w > thinks ide-tape is the module to use for my drive and loads it, preventin= g > osst from working correctly. Unloading ide-tape and then manually reloadi= ng > ide-scsi and osst made it work. Glad to hear it. Consider adding hdb=3Dide-scsi to your boot command line. Willem Riede. |