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From: Joel Sutton <sutton@aardvark.apana.org.au>
To: Michael Alwan <alwan@rma.edu>
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Subject: Re: qic-80 floppy tape not detected 
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Michael,

> This is the second time I've posted this message to
> questions@freebsd.org--if no one knows the answer, my apologies for
> the repost. 

Hang in there. There are only a few ft people around here (maybe only 
me???) but we'll see what we can do to help.

> It occurs to me, maybe the tape drive isn't detected as a
> device at boot-up, or maybe it should be configured as drive 2 on the
> fdc0 controller, since I only have one floppy drive.  

According to your dmesg output it doesn't even seem to be looking for 
your tape drive. You'll need to recompile your kernel and change your 
floppy drive section to something similar to mine:

# Floppy Drive and Colorado Jumbo 350
#
controller   fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio flags 1 irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
disk	     fd0  at fdc0 drive 0
disk         fd1  at fdc0 drive 1
tape	     ft0  at fdc0 drive 2

Note the flags keyword in the controller entry. Also, fd1 is 
necessary even if you don't have two floppys (like me). Check out the 
handbook for info on customizing your kernel. 

> Trying to mount
> the tape drive (mount /dev/ft0 /mnt) gives me a "device not configured"
> message.  I've made the device in /dev.

Since you've gone with a qic-80 drive you will only be able to use 
the "ft" and "lft" programs to put/get data onto those drives. Mount 
is definitely out. Search the mail archives for the location of lft 
(I can't find a reference just at the moment) - it works pretty well 
for me on my Colorado 350. 

What sort of drive do you have?

Hope this helps and good luck, Joel...