Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 22:09:32 +0300 (MSK) From: Grigoriy Strokin <grg@philol.msu.ru> To: John D Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re: QIC tape drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980303220915.278A-100000@isabase.philol.msu.ru> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96L.980303140207.27457A-100000@unixs-eval.cis.pitt.edu>
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Many thanks, I'll try it. Grigoriy. On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, John D Duncan wrote: > I can't remember the exact symbol, but there > is a symbol that you can define for ft.c that > traces the whole thing. I think it's FT_TRACE. > Look at ft.c for something similar, and then > put in your config file: > > options FT_TRACE > > assuming FT_TRACE is right. Then you'll get a > whole slew of kernel messages relating to the > probing of the ft. That should be more helpful. > > -John > > -------------------- > John Duncan, Sophomore, University of Pittsburgh. > "Unix and C are the ultimate computer viruses" > -Richard P. Gabriel, "Lisp: Good News, Bad News, > How to Win Big" > > > On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Grigoriy Strokin wrote: > > > I have tried various combinations in config. > > Initially it was as follows: > > > > ----------------------------- > > controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr > > disk fd0 at fdc0 drive0 > > disk fd2 at fdc0 drive1 > > tape ft0 at fdc0 drive2 > > ----------------------------------- > > > > -- and this didn't work. I have know second floppy disk drive, so > > I changed it to > > > > ----------------------------- > > controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr > > disk fd0 at fdc0 drive0 > > tape ft0 at fdc0 drive1 > > ----------------------------------- > > > > -- and also tried > > > > ----------------------------- > > controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr > > tape ft0 at fdc0 drive0 > > tape ft0 at fdc0 drive1 > > ----------------------------------- > > > > But ft0 is probed in nither configuration. dmesg reports: > > > > ------------- > > fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 flags 0x1 on isa > > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > > fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in > > -------------- > > > > -- and never mentions 'ft0'... > > > > What's to do? > > > > Grigoriy. > > > > On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, John Duncan wrote: > > > > > Doug White: > > > > > > > >I don't know exactly the model number of my QIC drive, > > > >but it's also 250MB. Windows NT detects it as 'QIC-117'. > > > >Is it possible to use it in FreeBSD? > > > > > > Hmm. NT calls it QIC-117 because that's the command protocol > > > for all QIC-compliant drives. What do the lines that pertain > > > to the ft device (ft, fdc) look like in your config file? I > > > had a non-standard deck that didn't work with FreeBSD but > > > was probed fine. > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > >On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Doug White wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Grigoriy Strokin wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > I'm having problems trying to use QIC tape drive for FDD controller in > > > >> > FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE. Device ft0 is specified in kernel, > > > >> > but it seems that FDD controller driver probes on startup > > > >> > only those drives that are set in BIOS setup. So, it > > > >> > only tests fd0, and says OK, but does NOT event try to test > > > >> > ft0. > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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