From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 27 12: 9:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5583E14DA8 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:09:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA20798; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:09:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:09:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: John Lengeling Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Help with HP T20 SCSI Travan tape drive under FreeBSD 3.1 In-Reply-To: <32CA10A8.8D39E997@raccoon.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, John Lengeling wrote: > I have an HP T20 SCSI Travan tape driver under FreeBSD 3.1 connected to > an Adaptec 2940UW controller. Kernel sees the 2940 and the HP T20 drive > (sa0). I created the device using MAKEDEV sa0. > > When I try to do anything with the drive like tar (tar -cvf /dev/sa0) or > mt, I get: > > LOAD UNLOAD CDB 1B 0 0 0 10 > MEDIUM ERROR asc:15,2 > Positioning Error detected by read of medium. > > I tried to rewind or get a status of the device from mt, but I get the > same error. > > What is up? Will the T20 work under FreeBSD 3.1? It sounds like the tape wasn't loaded correctly. Does the drive fiddle with the tape when you insert it? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message