Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:04:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Joshua T. Hogle" <hogle@hillres166.cc.purdue.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Device Timeout Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970211010334.923Y-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199702050513.AAA00457@hillres166.cc.purdue.edu>
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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Joshua T. Hogle wrote: > > Hello! I have a Conner 3.2GB tape backup and am running 2.1.6. I am > trying to use either ft or dump with it, but I keep getting > ... /kernel: fdc0: input ready timeout > errors. I have it configured in the kernel even with the flags 0x1 and > it detects the drive at bootup. What am I doing wrong? You're using a floppy tape. Floppy tapes larger than the QIC80 standard don't usually work. I'd suggest returning your Connor and getting the SCSI variant. The 4GB ones are very nice. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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