From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jun 15 08:20:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA13660 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 08:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from golem.belabm.by (root@[194.226.122.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA13590 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 08:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaner.belabm.by (scaner.belabm.by [194.226.122.179]) by golem.belabm.by (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA26236 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 1997 18:20:31 +0300 Message-ID: <33A40874.B2EE10B4@belabm.by> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 18:21:24 +0300 From: Eugene Vedistchev Reply-To: scaner@belabm.by Organization: Global One in Belarus X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Question about Myrinet products X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi folks, Have already discussed networking products from Myricom ? I'm reading mailing lists about 2 months and running 2.2.1-RELEASE about 3 months If don't - look to http://www.myri.com Very interesting info WBR, Eugene From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 17 11:26:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA27749 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:26:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from FNAL.FNAL.Gov (SYSTEM@fnal.fnal.gov [131.225.110.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA27741; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:26:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aduxb.fnal.gov ("port 39698"@aduxb.fnal.gov) by FNAL.FNAL.GOV (PMDF V5.0-8 #3998) id <01IK6ILZKQHI000082@FNAL.FNAL.GOV>; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:26:07 -0600 Received: from localhost by aduxb.fnal.gov (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA12313; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:26:00 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:26:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevin Yacoben Subject: Support for Buslogic's Flashpoint LT SCSI card To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORD, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: Kevin Yacoben Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does anyone know the status of any support for the Buslogic's Flashpoint LT SCSI card??? I have read all of the past posting and have found little to indicate that there is any effort in the FreeBSD community to support these cards. What I did find were suggestions that ranged from upgrading to a supported card to going out and purchasing new supported hardware!!! Hmmmmm, is it just me or does this sound a bit like a Microsoft solution!! Well using that logic I guess I could go out and get an OS that supports these cards, like Linux, Solarisx86, SCO, OS2 or even (ugggggg) NT! Regards, Kevin Yacoben ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Yacoben BD/Accelerator Controls Dept. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory email: yacoben@fnal.gov PO Box 500, MS 347 PGP Key: finger yacoben@aduxb.fnal.gov Batavia, IL 60510-0500 From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 17 13:20:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA04859 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:20:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scanner.worldgate.com (scanner.worldgate.com [198.161.84.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA04842 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from znep.com (uucp@localhost) by scanner.worldgate.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id OAA24275; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:19:57 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (marcs@localhost) by alive.znep.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA29300; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:16:16 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:16:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Marc Slemko To: Larry Baird cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi-interface ethernet cards In-Reply-To: <9702250104.AA07700@akagi.ni-ait.co.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (yes, followup to a very old message... just got one to try) Matt's current driver does support the 4-port 10/100 meg Znyx 346 ethernet card. Note that Znyx is phasing out their 10 meg 4-port card, although some should still be avaiable. I don't think the driver that supports them has been integrated into FreeBSD yet (perhaps -current... the holdup is the ifmedia stuff), but you can download an updated version from his web page that works. On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Larry Baird wrote: > > > > > According to Guido van Rooij: > > > > Does any know if there are ethernet cards available (and supported) with > > > > multiple interfaces (like 4). > > > > > > The Znyx cards have 4 ethernets and as they use the DEC chipset, we support > > > them. > Beware of the 100MB 4 port Zynx cards. I have verified that the 100MB version > does not work with the driver for 2.1.6. Has the driver for current been > changed to support the newer DEC chip sets? Matt Thomas's has a driver > that is a drop in replacement for the current driver. It seems to support > more cards that the standard but the last I checked didn't support the 100MB > 4 port Zynx card. Though I know he was working on getting such a card. > > -- > Larry Baird > Global Technology Associates, Inc. > 3504 Lake Lynda Drive, Suite 160 > Orlando, FL 32817 > http://www.gta.com/ > Tel: +1.407.380.0220 > Fax: +1.407.380.6080 > From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 17 16:11:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA14457 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:11:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.netcore.ca (server.netcore.ca [205.211.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA14450 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:11:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from b-xxix.wincom.net (b-xxix.wincom.net [205.211.1.99]) by server.netcore.ca (8.6.8.1/SCA-6.6) with SMTP id XAA22468 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:15:25 GMT Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:15:25 GMT Message-Id: <199706172315.XAA22468@server.netcore.ca> X-Sender: jdhong@netcore.ca X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hardware@freebsd.org From: jdhong@netcore.ca (James D. Hong) Subject: DMA conflicts in soundcard Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm using Zoltrix Audio Plus 6400v.3 PnP in a AMD P133 computer. I'm operating in DOS 6.2 and Win3.1. I have DMA conflicts that I didn't in a 386/20 computer. I've tried PnP and it doesn't work. I just get an error message and the screen goes to the DOS prompt. I'm now using non PnP and I've got conflicts. I've tried all combinations of DMA settings using the "0, 1, and 3" allowable numbers. Contact me at jdhong@netcore.ca Thank you for your time and attention. -- - "Mr. Know-It-All!" (?? !!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Come visit my Sailor Moon page at http://www.netcore.ca/~jdhong/ | | OR | | Get something at Millennium Moon at | | http://www.netcore.ca/~jdhong/mmoon.htm | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "In the name of the Moon, you'd better buy something. Or I'll punish you!" | | ;-) (wink and grin) | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 18 06:51:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA17296 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 06:51:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tor.securecomputing.com (tor.securecomputing.com [199.71.190.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA17290 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 06:51:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by janus.tor.securecomputing.com id <11651>; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:46:29 -0400 Message-Id: <97Jun18.094629edt.11651@janus.tor.securecomputing.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0delta 6/3/97 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Q: fbsd on thinkpad 755cd Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:50:48 -0400 From: "ozan s. yigit" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk has anyone successfully installed a freebsd on a thinkpad 755cd, and been able to take advantage of its active matrix display in its full capacity? any notes and suggestions would be appreciated. thanks in advance. oz --- Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. -- Damon Knight From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 18 09:36:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA26246 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA26240 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:36:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA04079; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:36:10 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:36:10 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199706181636.KAA04079@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "ozan s. yigit" Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: fbsd on thinkpad 755cd In-Reply-To: <97Jun18.094629edt.11651@janus.tor.securecomputing.com> References: <97Jun18.094629edt.11651@janus.tor.securecomputing.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > has anyone successfully installed a freebsd on a thinkpad 755cd, and been > able to take advantage of its active matrix display in its full capacity? > any notes and suggestions would be appreciated. I have (actually had) it installed on a 755CX, which uses the same chipset I believe. Checkout: http://www.yy.cs.keio.ac.jp/~sanpei/how2800x600.html That should tell you everything you need to know. Nate From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 18 11:20:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA01644 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 11:20:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.netcore.ca (server.netcore.ca [205.211.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA01635 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 11:20:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from a-xlvi.wincom.net (a-xlvi.wincom.net [205.211.1.70]) by server.netcore.ca (8.6.8.1/SCA-6.6) with SMTP id SAA23709 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:24:04 GMT Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:24:04 GMT Message-Id: <199706181824.SAA23709@server.netcore.ca> X-Sender: jdhong@netcore.ca X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hardware@freebsd.org From: jdhong@netcore.ca (James D. Hong) Subject: DMA conflicts in soundcard Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm using Zoltrix Audio Plus 6400v.3 PnP in a AMD P133 computer. I'm operating in DOS 6.2 and Win3.1. I have DMA conflicts that I didn't in a 386/20 computer. I've tried PnP and it doesn't work. I just get an error message and the screen goes to the DOS prompt. I'm now using non PnP and I've got conflicts. I've tried all combinations of DMA settings using the "0, 1, and 3" allowable numbers. Contact me at jdhong@netcore.ca Thank you for your time and attention. -- - "Mr. Know-It-All!" (?? !!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Come visit my Sailor Moon page at http://www.netcore.ca/~jdhong/ | | OR | | Get something at Millennium Moon at | | http://www.netcore.ca/~jdhong/mmoon.htm | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "In the name of the Moon, you'd better buy something. Or I'll punish you!" | | ;-) (wink and grin) | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 18 11:28:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA02058 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 11:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01962; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 11:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA07058; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:57:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:57:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199706181757.NAA07058@sabre.goldsword.com> To: yacoben@FNAL.GOV Subject: Re: Support for Buslogic's Flashpoint LT SCSI card Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:26:00 -0500 (CDT) Kevin Yacoben said: > >Does anyone know the status of any support for the Buslogic's >Flashpoint LT SCSI card??? >I have read all of the past posting and have found little >to indicate that there is any effort in the FreeBSD community to support >these cards. What I did find were suggestions that ranged from upgrading >to a supported card to going out and purchasing new supported hardware!!! >Hmmmmm, is it just me or does this sound a bit like a Microsoft >solution!! Well using that logic I guess I could go out and get an OS that >supports these cards, like Linux, Solarisx86, SCO, OS2 or even (ugggggg) >NT! Kevin, I can't answer your question, but I would like to point out that there are reasons why certain pieces of hardware don't have drivers for them. It's simply the fact that FreeBSD is a _volunteer_ effort. Outside of a _very_ few devices, drivers are created because someone volunteers to write and has the device in question. If a device isn't supported, it's usually because the _volunteers_ who write device drivers either 1) don't have the device in question, 2) someone who has the card can't/won't write one, 3) no one has loaned one to a driver writer, 4) the manufactuer refues to let technical data out unless you're M$ or Sun$oft, or finally 5) nobody has found the time to do it. By the by, the Micro$oft solution would be to get the manufacturer to let M$ have first scoop on information about the device... John (Who would volunteer, but can't find any free time now...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 18 18:15:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA23924 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:15:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA23886; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:15:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA14684; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:17:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706190117.SAA14684@implode.root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "John T. Farmer" cc: yacoben@FNAL.GOV, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: Support for Buslogic's Flashpoint LT SCSI card In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:57:56 EDT." <199706181757.NAA07058@sabre.goldsword.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:17:16 -0700 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >or finally 5) nobody has found the time to do it. Just so people know, the reason in this case is #5 above. Mylex has in fact been very interested in doing whatever they can to support the development of a FreeBSD device driver for their Flashpoint products (including providing the hardware). The problem is that noone has yet had the time to write a device driver for them. It's something that will happen eventually - hopefully before the end of the year. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jun 19 09:52:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA05525 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:52:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sparkie.gnofn.org (sparkie.gnofn.org [206.27.168.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA05520 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:52:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sparkie.gnofn.org (sparkie.gnofn.org [206.27.168.35]) by sparkie.gnofn.org (8.7.Beta.10/8.7.Beta.10) with SMTP id LAA24322 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:51:03 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:51:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Craig Johnston To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: K5-PR166/IT5H FreeBSD overclock Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Have successfully overclocked this chip from 117MHz to 131MHz under FreeBSD by raising bus speed on my ABIT IT5H to 75MHz. The mobo revision is 1.5, the K5 is an ABR stepping, the memory is 32 megs of 50ns EDO DRAM, and the cache is 512K 12 ns pipeline burst. Now the mobo claims a K5-PR200 is installed. All the fastest chipset setting were used. I tended to segfault on big compiles until I raised the chip's core voltage to the 3.60V setting included on this mobo. Now it runs rock-steady so far, through a large number of make worlds. An intel heatsink/fan combo that seems halfway decent was used with thermal compound, and becomes only slightly warm to the touch. Voltage regulator sinks on the mobo become hot to the touch with case off during make world -- would be cooler with case on, I'm getting no airflow. Kernel is 2.2-STABLE, cvsupped about a week or so ago. It does a make of GENERIC in 294 secs user + system time, with gcc -0 -pipe. It makes my production kernel in just over 4 minutes. :) I'm extremely satisfied with the performance of this combination. The CPU was $110 and the motherboard was $140, and I seem to have something on the order of 4x the CPU performance of my old 486dx4-100. The motherboard will accept the K6 processor, which I'll move up to when they're $150 or so. :) Anyway, the secret to making it work for me was the voltage increase, which I wanted to note here for those who may have failed to make this overclock work. 3.52V bad, 3.60V good, so far. regards, Craig From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jun 21 18:11:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA29670 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 18:11:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from apollo.netsonic.com (netsonic.com [207.250.84.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA29663 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 18:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adam.netsonic.com (zeus.netsonic.com [207.250.84.25]) by apollo.netsonic.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA00620 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:09:54 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19960621201159.00b8b98c@mail.netsonic.com> X-Sender: adam@mail.netsonic.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 20:12:01 -0500 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: NetSonic Subject: NIC Card Configuration Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello: I have a generic ethernet card known to work with free bsd.. I have just reinstalled the Free BSD OS and have found that during bootup there are conflicts with ed0 with other things and ed1 appears as the nic card. After that, i get errors that says ed1 device time out. Is there somthing I need to do with the IRQ's or somthing? Thanks Adam From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jun 21 20:42:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA05537 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:42:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from peeper.my.domain ([208.128.8.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA05532 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:42:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tom@localhost) by peeper.my.domain (8.8.5/8.7.3) id UAA20114; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:58:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19970621205848.14546@peeper.my.domain> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:58:48 -0500 From: Tom Jackson To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DAT drive crashes FreeBSD References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76e In-Reply-To: ; from Brandon Gillespie on Thu, Jun 12, 1997 at 03:59:22PM -0600 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Jun 12, 1997 at 03:59:22PM -0600, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > I have a WangDAT drive that, when I use it, crashes FreeBSD. My Hardware > is: > > Adaptech 2940UW SCSI Controller > WangDAT drive configured with no hardware compression, as SCSI-2, > no hardware buffering, parity is enabled. > > If I tar to it, it generally crashes, although when I was just testing it > it gave the following error instead (other tries caused it to crash tho): > > st0(ahc0:6:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:7a800 asc:c,0 Write error > > ''Just in case'' I changed the tape, but it made no difference. When it > crashes the kernel does a frame/page dump to the screen and then waits 15 > seconds. I can't really get all of the info, but the message it prints is > something like: > > Timed out while idle, LASTPHASE=.... > > Help? Is my DAT drive dead? Anybody know where I can get it repaired at? > > -Brandon > I've no experience with dats but have you read the handbook on backups? It mentions something about doing a `mt fsf 1' on a new tape. Not sure ;/ Tom