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Jim Chapman wrote:

> I have been given a Colorado T1000 floppy tape drive. I installed it in
> my machine and inserted a QIC-80 tape. When I boot the tape reads but
> when I give the command lft I get a message
>         /dev/rft0 Not Configured
> What do I need to do to get the system to configure the drive?
> Does lft work as is with 425 ft tapes?
> 
> Thanks

that reminds me - i get the same thing when i try "tcpdump".
"/dev/bpf0 not configured".  i search all the docs/manpages i could,
but couldn't come up with anything on how to configure it.