Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:48:33 -0800 (PST) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: Sean Heber <sheber@mwci.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony SuperStation Tape Drive not working (atapi) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912131347450.15847-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <944984974_PM_BeOS.sheber@mwci.net>
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I tried this unit for a few days and never had any luck at all. If you end up getting it to work I'd love to hear about it Keith On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Sean Heber wrote: > Hello again. > > I can't figure out how to get my Sony SuperStation Internal IDE tape drive to > work. I've messed with the kernel configs and it seems like FreeBSD sees the > drive. It is acknowledged when the OS boots: > > >From my dmesg.today file: > wdc1: unit 1 (atapi): <SuperStation-Int/1.06>, removable, accel, iordy > > However, the various /dev entries that are often references in tape backup > howtos don't seem to work at all. I'm always getting "drive not ready" errors > and such. > > I've read that sometimes FreeBSD can have troubles with ATAPI, is that true? > And if so, is there any way to make this drive work? > > Running: > 2 x Intel PII 400Mhz > FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE (SMP) > > Thanks. > > l8r > Sean > > http://www.bebits.com/ > BeBits - The best BeOS Software > > > ----------------------------------- > This message was sent with the demo version of Postmaster, a BeOS mail client. > For more information, please visit http://kennyc.com/postmaster. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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