Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:30:25 -0800 From: Terry Lee <terryl@lanset.com> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Install from Wangtek 51000HT Fails Message-ID: <38A47F71.EF14F41A@lanset.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002111257501.85255-100000@semuta.feral.com>
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Matthew, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > Wierd. Do you just get a plain 'not ready' or what's the error that keeps this > from working? > > The reason I ask is whether this should be something the installer should cope > with or something the tape driver should cope with. > > I don't think just upping the reset delay is quite right. I added a config > option in the NetBSD tape driver that allows you to specify how hard you want > the driver to try and open the tape (for the first (mount) time) and how long- > that might be a better choice than making everyone wait long periods of time > at startup. I don't know what response the SCSI tape driver is returning. It seems that the install program tries to access the tape drive, fails, and decides that an installation tape is not present. I would prefer not to make everyone wait longer, thus I suggested that maybe an extra time delay could be added to the start of the install program. Your suggestion sounds good; I just don't know if there is enough time to implement and test it prior to releasing 4.0. Or if the install program could somehow recognize that a tape is present but isn't yet ready, that would be even better. ---- Terry Lee terryl@lanset.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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