https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-dds-3-c1556/m-p/2640874#M1018 Hi<BR /><BR />First, confirm the DDS scsi ID.<BR /><BR />2nd confirm it is detected from system BIOS.<BR /><BR />3rd confirm your scsi card AND DDS3 drive is detected from Linux kernel.<BR /><BR />4th confirm st (scsi tape) driver is loaded in your kernel. #lsmod or dmesg<BR /><BR />5th try # tar tvf /dev/st0 and see if the drive work.<BR /><BR />Enjoy,<BR /><BR /> Wed, 09 Jan 2002 03:17:13 GMT I_M 2002-01-09T03:17:13Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-dds-3-c1556/m-p/2640872#M1016 Can anyone tell me if they have successfully used a HP External DDS-3 Tape Drive ( p/n C1556 ) with Linux? I've looked at RedHat's HCL and there is no mention of that drive.<BR /><BR />TIA!<BR />Tom<BR /> Tue, 08 Jan 2002 20:09:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-dds-3-c1556/m-p/2640872#M1016 Tom Dawson 2002-01-08T20:09:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-dds-3-c1556/m-p/2640873#M1017 Hello,<BR /><BR />I successfully used a C1537A DDS3 drive with firmware HP02. However, no information about C1556.<BR /><BR />Good luck.<BR /><BR />Kodjo<BR /> Tue, 08 Jan 2002 21:14:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-dds-3-c1556/m-p/2640873#M1017 Kodjo Agbenu 2002-01-08T21:14:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-dds-3-c1556/m-p/2640874#M1018 Hi<BR /><BR />First, confirm the DDS scsi ID.<BR /><BR />2nd confirm it is detected from system BIOS.<BR /><BR />3rd confirm your scsi card AND DDS3 drive is detected from Linux kernel.<BR /><BR />4th confirm st (scsi tape) driver is loaded in your kernel. #lsmod or dmesg<BR /><BR />5th try # tar tvf /dev/st0 and see if the drive work.<BR /><BR />Enjoy,<BR /><BR /> Wed, 09 Jan 2002 03:17:13 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/external-dds-3-c1556/m-p/2640874#M1018 I_M 2002-01-09T03:17:13Z