From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 16 05:27:44 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id DAA03490 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Jan 1995 03:38:39 -0800 Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de [141.76.1.11]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id DAA03395 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 1995 03:37:42 -0800 Received: from sax.sax.de by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de with SMTP (5.67b+/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA27403; Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:30:11 +0100 Received: by sax.sax.de (8.6.9/8.6.9-s1) with UUCP id SAA25606 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:30:10 +0100 Received: by bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (8.6.8/8.6.6) id SAA03567; Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:08:12 +0100 From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch) Message-Id: <199501151708.SAA03567@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> Subject: Re: Colorado 250 Tape Drive To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:08:12 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: <199501150930.BAA21553@genesis.nred.ma.us> from "Steve Gerakines" at Jan 15, 95 01:30:22 am X-Phone: +49-351-8141 137 Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 813 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk As Steve Gerakines wrote: | | Next, make sure the device is configured into your kernel. By default | it is disabled because it apparently causes problems with some peoples' | systems. You will need to build a new kernel. Your config should have: | | disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 | disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 | tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 | | make sure this last line isn't commented out. As far as i know, the fdc line in the config file does also need a ``flags 0x1'' clause (right after the `bio' keyword), otherwise the ft probe will be skipped. -- cheers, J"org work: --- no longer --- private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)