Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:25:55 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Daren Sefcik" <daren@rover.sefcik.cc> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Floppy Tape support gone from 3.0-STABLE? Message-ID: <048a01be4e75$b58cdb40$d43de4cf@danco.home>
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Well, bummer :-( It's not that I think 250MB floppy tapes are the greatest thing, but I already had one. And since this is just an extra (read: obsolete in the Windoze world) PC so I could learn Unix, it seems a waste of money to buy a new tape drive. --Dan -----Original Message----- From: Daren Sefcik <daren@rover.sefcik.cc> To: dan@jgl.reno.nv.us <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Floppy Tape support gone from 3.0-STABLE? >On 1 Feb, Dan O'Connor wrote: >> What do I need to do to re-activate my Colorado floppy tape drive? >> >> It was there in 3.0-RELEASE, but after building 3.0-STABLE (elf), it no >> longer exists. I could not find the ft0 device line in LINT or GENERIC, so I >> added the line that I used in 2.2.8, >> >> tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 >> >> but this didn't have any effect. >> >> /dev/ft0a and /dev/r > > >Hummm...looking at the /usr/src/UPDATEING file..here it is: > >19981224: > The old wcd driver has been deleted from the kernel. The > driver that replaces it is named acd. You'll need to change > this in your configuration files. > > Failure to do this will result in "ATAPI CD-ROMs not > configured" at boot time. > > The floppy tape driver (ft) has been removed from the kernel, > with no replacement driver. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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