[cobalt-developers] Onstream Tape Drives & Cobalt Qube 3?

["Kevin Thomson" <webservices@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alright, I'm definatly up against a brick wall here and I'd really really
appreciate some assistance if anyone knows how to install a scsi tape drive
(specificaly the Onstream ADR50 External) onto a Qube 3 using the built in
scsi adapter.  Initialy we plugged it in, rebooted the box and essentialy
funbled around looking for commands to mount the drive, then Onstream did
Officialy anounce their compatability with Linux and put out this info as
they're "installation guide":

	Installation

	The LINUX operating systems have a built in device driver called st. The
LINUX installation program will probe your system for SCSI >>	adapters. In
some cases, the installation program will ask the user if they have attached
any SCSI adapters. If you choose YES, a 	dialog box will appear to select
from a list of SCSI drivers. Choose the driver that most closely resembles
the SCSI adapter. The 	installation program may then give you the
opportunity to specify options for the SCSI driver you selected. Most SCSI
drivers detect 	your hardware automatically.

	Install as follows:

	1. Shutdown the system and remove power from the system. Connect the tape
peripheral to the SCSI bus, adhering to the rules of SCSI for 	bus
termination, cable length, and ID selection (See Users Manual for detailed
description)

	2.Power on the system, peripherals first.

	3. Boot the system to the system maintenance mode and login as root.

	4. At the command prompt, type : mt -f /dev/st0 status. This should display
information about the tape drive. If this does not occur, 	re-check your
set-up.

At first I thought "great now I can continue working on the backup software"
till I actualy tried "mt -f /dev/st0 status" through telnet and get a
"command not found" responce for "mt".  So I'm thinking, okay, maybe they
meant Mount, or mnt, no go there either as far as getting the device to
work.  Anyways, I call Onstream, The tech support people swear up and down
that the mt command stands for magnetic tape drive and its part of the st
driver, stating that if that command isn't found that its a fault of the
distrobution and I need to get an updated source of the kernel and
recompile.

So, any ideas/insight into this? I did a little poking around and the "st
driver" is present in the kernel source on the Qube 3 but I'm not sure
whetehr it is modularized in the compiled kernel or even if its installed in
the current configuration.  If it is a matter of recompiling the kernel
could someone point out a good tutorial for this proccess that works on the
cobalt procduct(s)?

Thanks
Kevin Thomson
webservices@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx