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Viper 200 Installation Manual
Configuring for SCO Open Server 5.0.x
Finding existing SCSI controllers and devices
The files /usr/adm/hwconfig and /var/adm/messages list the
devices found during boot up of Open Server. The current
SCSI controllers can be found using the command:
grep adapter /usr/adm/hwconfig
which will produce and out similar to:
%adapter 0x6400 – 0x64FF
bus=0 id=7 fts=st0.
The current tape drives can be found using the command:
grep tape /usr/adm/hwconfig
which will produce and out similar to:
%tape type=S ha=0 id=6 lun=0 bus=0 ht=alad
The information above shows that an Adaptec SCSI
controller is installed (
(
type=S
always dedicated to the SCSI controller. Never configure your
target device for ID 7 unless you are absolutely sure that the
controller is not addressed for ID 7. See figure 1 to view how
to set the SCSI ID address jumpers for the Viper 200.
Configuring the Viper 200 with mkdev
Once connected to the system, installation of the drive is
carried out using the following command:
mkdev tape
A numeric based menu will appear. If you are replacing an
existing SCSI tape drive use option 3 to remove the existing
tape drive from the configuration files. Then follows the
instructions below to add the Viper 200.
1. From the menu choose "Configure a SCSI or Enhanced
) is installed as target id 6. SCSI ID #7 is almost
IDE tape drive".
11 type=alad ha=0
) and a SCSI tape drive
alad
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