Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 04:37:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Derrick Baumer <bduk@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Is FTape broken? Message-ID: <200004111137.EAA00293@earthlink.net>
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I have a (very) old Conner SuperStore 800<-(I think) QIC-80 tape drive. It has served me faithfully under Windows, Linux, and even FreeBSD<-(about 5 years ago). For the life of me, I cannot get it to work now. I am running FreeBSD-STABLE, updated as of 4/10/00 on an Intel i430TX Mainboard, Intel Pentium 200 CPU. I'm using the onboard floppy controller. I have compiled the kernel appropriately, with the "flags 0x1" entry on the fdc0 controller line, and added the line tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 as suggested in the FAQ. I have executed MAKEDEV ft0 in the /dev directory. But the only response I get when I try to run the ft program is ft: /dev/rft0: Device not configured The following (relevant) device entries are in /dev /dev/ft0 /dev/ft0a /dev/rft0 and /dev/rft0a When I boot (or in dmesg), there is no mention of recognition of an ft0 device. The floppies are recognized, but they now have a line saying "fd0: config pretended 1.44MB 3.5in...". I searched the archives and the most recent reference to the QIC80 tapes was in 94 or something like that, and the response to the querent was basically that ftape was broken and there wasn't much incentive to fix it. Is that still the case? Anybody have any ideas on how I might get this to work on my system under FBSD? Thank you, Derrick Baumer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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