Eric,

Do you have a PSEUDO device configured between the SCSI card and the tape
drive? It should look something like this:

2/4.0     ID=HP2464A-SCSI
2/4.0.2   ID=PSEUDO
2/4.0.2.0 ID=HPC1537A

Under 5.5 it was "OK" to configure a SCSI device directly underneath the
SCSI adapter, but under 6.0 it became mandatory to include the PSUEDO device
in between. This may explain the behavior you are seeing.

Doug Werth
Beechglen Development Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio
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----- Original Message -----
From: "eric barker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:36 AM
Subject: HP980 under MPE/iX 6.0 and external SCSI problem


> We have a hot site consisting of an HP3000 980-2 with an external SCSI
> supporting an external DDS-3 tape drive.  The time has come to update
> it to MPE/iX 6.0.  Under MPE/iX 5.5, this tape drive works perfectly.
> Under 6.0,  the tape drive is not recognized at all.  Booting says it
> is configured but not available.  Mounting a tape does not bring up the
> unlabelled tape message on the console.  I cannot access the drive at
> all.  I am using the HPC2984A tape driver in SYSGEN.  I have also tried
> the HPC1537A driver.  The SCSI adapter card is using driver HP27251A
>
> Reverting back to version 5.5 and the drive works perfectly again so it
> is not a hardware problem.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Eric Barker
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>
>
>
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