DAT Autoloader script?

[Chris Moore]

Jules Tong wrote:
Thank you all for the info. Does anyone
know the different between these drivers?
spt
sctl
schgr
stape
Are they are needed for the DDS4 DAT
autoloader?

spt is the SCSI Pass Through driver. It is used to communicate to
an autochanger or library which is connected to a SCSI adapter card
on the HP-PB bus.

sctl is the adapter driver for a SCSi adapter on a non-HP-PB bus
(HSC, PCI, EISA). It will bind to the card itself (usually at SCSI address
7) and can be used for SCSI pass through to that bus

schgr is the driver for autochangers on HSC, PCI and EISA busses.
It was actually designed for MagnetoOptical disk changers, but it
will generally work with tape autochangers as well.

stape is the SCSI tape device driver for HSC, PCI and EISA busses.
That's the driver that actually talks to the tape drive.

I generally include schgr, sctl and stape and let them bind to the things
they want to bind to. Then you use the schgr device file to talk to the
library and stape to talk to the drive. I've heard reports of people having
trouble with schgr and tape libraries but I've never seen it happen.