Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 17:32:27 +0200 (SAT) From: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: EXA 8200 tape drive on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980809173215.283A-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za>
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Hi I'm trying to get a EXA 8200 tape drive working on FreeBSD. It is detected fine by the kernel during startup, and I can do a 'mt status' on it, with the following results: Present Mode: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable ---------available modes--------- Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 1: Density = X3.136-1986 Blocksize = 512 bytes Mode 2: Density = X3.39-1986 Blocksize variable Mode 3: Density = X3.54-1986 Blocksize variable However, I cannot write to it at all - even after a 'mt erase', I get the following: bash# mt rewind bash# dd if=/kernel of=/dev/nrst0 bs=64 count=1024 dd: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error 1+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 0.082043 secs (0 bytes/sec) bash# with the console showing the following message: st0: oops not queued My system details are as follows: OS: FreeBSD 2.2.6 System: 486 DX 4 120, NCR 53c810 SCSI controller (with 3 disk drives - Conner CFP1080S, Seagate ST12400N and ST32155N as well as the tape drive - disks are on ids 0, 1, 4, tape is on 6), 24 mb RAM. Is there anything else I can try to get this thing working, or should I just give up on it? Thanks, Peter -- Peter van Heusden | Its the 90's, and collective action is STILL cool! pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za | Get active in your union today! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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