From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 4 11:53:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA11281 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:53:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA11245 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:53:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA17339; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:51:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA00830; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 15:25:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id OAA00976; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:55:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:55:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199809041855.OAA00976@lakes.dignus.com> To: goodmike@UU.NET, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wangtek Tape In-Reply-To: <35F02EAB.6A55630C@uu.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I hope I am sending this inquiry to the proper place. If not forgive > the intrusion. > I recently loaded freebsd onto a spare hard drive. I have SCSI DAT and > as a secondary tape drive I have a QIC-02 Archive controller with a > Wangtek 5150 tape drive. The SCSI works fine with tar's and dump's, > however I get block errors on the Wangtek. > I can do rewinds and erases on the Wangtek, but I can't create or > extract with the tar or dump utilities. I tried to reference > /dev/nrwt0 and /dev/rwt0 with the same results. When I try to create a > tape it sounds as if the drive is trying to position itself, and > finishes with no error message. When I try to extract I get block count > errors and can't read the tape. This happens with both tar and dump. I > tried specifying the block count with tar with the same results. > When I set up freebsd I saw no conflicts and when the system boots I > show device wt0. I am running freebsd 2.6. > I have tried multiple tapes that work on other system, so I am confident > with my media. Do I have to make a new device and relink the kernal? > I only use this to transport tapes to older systems. Any ideas? > My email is: > goodmike@uu.net > > Thanks, > Just F.Y.I. - I regularly use a Wangtek 5150ES (External SCSI) with no problems. You should be reading/writing to/from /dev/rst0 for the SCSI variant. You may just be using the wrong device name. Now, I'm not sure you're connecting this to the SCSI side of things; since you mention a QIC-02. I wasn't aware you could put a 5150 on anything but SCSI. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message