From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 22 09:25:13 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA15418 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:25:13 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA15410 ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:25:11 -0700 Message-Id: <199506221625.JAA15410@freefall.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: mikebo@tellabs.com (Mike Borowiec) cc: moto@cs.cmu.edu, deischen@iworks.interworks.org, gibbs@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 2.xR: AIC7xxx driver vs. st() driver vs. tape drives In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 22 Jun 95 09:47:37 CDT." Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 09:25:11 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >Argh! >I got the error while attempting to make an 8mm 2.0.5R load tape! >I can't write to my Archive Viper QIC150 because of the > >st0(ahc1:2:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST >st0: Cannot set selected mode >st0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0 > >problem, so as a last resort I was trying to use my Exabyte... >so you see, I'm in a catch 22 (short of loading from floppy disk!). > >- Mike You only need two floppies in order to get a shell on vty4 that gives you some functionality (ie boot and root floppies). -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================