User's Guide

Scorpion 40 configurations for Windows NT, Novell, and UNIX 10

Note:

Irix 5.3 and later will detect the changes made and

automatically rebuild the kernel the next time the system

boots.

Irix V6.x through V6.5

To configure Irix 6.x-6.5 to use a Scorpion 40, you must modify the

files

/var/sysgen/master.d/scsi

and

/dev/MAKEDEV.d/TPS_base

as described below. After modifying these files you must rebuild the

kernel.

1. Edit the file

/var/sysgen/master.d/scsi

and add one of the

following entries, depending on your version of IRIX:

For IRIX V6.x through V6.4:

{ DATTAPE, TPDAT, 7, 12, "SEAGATE",”DAT 06240”/*DAT*/, 0, 0,

{0},

/* This drive uses mode select page 0xf for compression control;

* most of the other drives supporting compression use page 0x10

MTCAN_SILI|MTCAN_SEEK|MTCAN_CHTYPEANY|MTCAN_COMPRESS,

/* minimum delay on i/o is 12 minutes, to allow the Drives

* full error recovery sequence to be performed. */

40, 12*60, 12*60, 12*60, 512, 512*512, 0, (u_char *)0 },

For IRIX V6.5: