From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Feb 10 11:50:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA20975 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 11:50:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA20963; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 11:50:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 11:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199702101950.LAA20963@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Peter Mutsaers Subject: Re: kern/2698: scsi tape driver problem Reply-To: Peter Mutsaers Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR kern/2698; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Mutsaers To: Julian Elischer Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/2698: scsi tape driver problem Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:54:10 +0100 (MET) >> On Sun, 09 Feb 1997 12:46:23 -0800, Julian Elischer >> said: JE> Peter Mutsaers wrote: JE> try always using nrst0 for all operations.. I never use rst0 In fact I did. Then I did a mt -f /dev/nrst0 rewind and tried to restore. For the bugreport I tried with /dev/rst0 instead. It doesn't make a difference. My tapedrive is not broken. It works without such problems on Linux and NT4.0. (Maybe because Linux doesn't treat it as a raw device?) It is a DEC TZK: st0 at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 st0: type 1 removable SCSI 2 st0: Sequential-Access st0: asynchronous. density code 0x0, drive empty This is exactly the same as a Wangtek 525MB drive, I think the Wangtek 5525 ES. Could/should I tell the driver that it is a Wangtek? The handbook says: This drives quirks are known and pre-compiled into the scsi tape device driver (st(4)). -- Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust is a good quality plm@xs4all.nl | the Netherlands | for other people to have