From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Feb 1 22:32:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19455 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:32:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.greatbasin.net (mail.greatbasin.net [207.228.35.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA19443 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:32:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@jgl.reno.nv.us) Received: from danco (rno-max7-20.gbis.net [207.228.61.212]) by mail.greatbasin.net (8.9.2/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA27678; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:32:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <048a01be4e75$b58cdb40$d43de4cf@danco.home> From: "Dan O'Connor" To: "Daren Sefcik" Cc: Subject: Re: Floppy Tape support gone from 3.0-STABLE? Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:25:55 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, bummer :-( It's not that I think 250MB floppy tapes are the greatest thing, but I already had one. And since this is just an extra (read: obsolete in the Windoze world) PC so I could learn Unix, it seems a waste of money to buy a new tape drive. --Dan -----Original Message----- From: Daren Sefcik To: dan@jgl.reno.nv.us Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Floppy Tape support gone from 3.0-STABLE? >On 1 Feb, Dan O'Connor wrote: >> What do I need to do to re-activate my Colorado floppy tape drive? >> >> It was there in 3.0-RELEASE, but after building 3.0-STABLE (elf), it no >> longer exists. I could not find the ft0 device line in LINT or GENERIC, so I >> added the line that I used in 2.2.8, >> >> tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 >> >> but this didn't have any effect. >> >> /dev/ft0a and /dev/r > > >Hummm...looking at the /usr/src/UPDATEING file..here it is: > >19981224: > The old wcd driver has been deleted from the kernel. The > driver that replaces it is named acd. You'll need to change > this in your configuration files. > > Failure to do this will result in "ATAPI CD-ROMs not > configured" at boot time. > > The floppy tape driver (ft) has been removed from the kernel, > with no replacement driver. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message