From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 4 16:56:04 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA22199 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 16:56:04 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.atinc.com [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA22186 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 16:56:00 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id TAA01931; Tue, 4 Jul 1995 19:46:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 19:46:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: mt grief? To: Karl Strickland cc: spaz@u.washington.edu, FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: <199507042030.VAA17730@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Jul 1995, Karl Strickland wrote: > > > 128: {42} tar -xv > > > st0: not ready > > > tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Input/output error > > > 128: {43} mt rewind > > > st0: not ready > > > mt: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error > > > > john, use 'mt -f /dev/rst0 fsf 1' to awaken the mt/kernel code. > > every time i boot, i get error from the drive till i do this. then 'mt > > -f /dev/rst0 rewind' and the thing works like a champ ;) > > interesting! what kind of drive are you using? Archive Viper 150. a known rogue device. see st.c i have not ktrace'd it. dont know how to map the addresses provided by ktrace into the proc's data space.....yet. another known rogue is the "Wangtek 5525ES", "WANGTEK ", "5525ES SCSI REV7" does this match yours? Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346