From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 10 02:14:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA28172 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 02:14:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA28150 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 02:13:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA09073; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:43:20 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601101013.UAA09073@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: EXABYTE SCSI tape To: bobb@netcom.com (Bob Beaulieu) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:43:20 +1030 (CST) Cc: tulchins@voland.phoebe.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601100518.VAA17356@netcom.netcom.com> from "Bob Beaulieu" at Jan 9, 96 09:18:14 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Bob Beaulieu stands accused of saying: > > >Here is my problem. I can't make my SCSI tape drive > >work. If drive is empty at the boot time I get: > > (ahc0:3:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 2618" type 1 removable SCSI 1 > >st0(ahc0:3:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty Hey, if you're in australia I'll give you $100 for a working CD board! 8) > I'm trying to get an Exabyte 2501 going also and having a hell of a time. > J"org is working with me trying to get it working and I rebuilt my kernel > with options SCSIDEBUG and booted the kernel with -v. Just a thought; IIRC, there's a Sun "exabyte FAQ" (which says something about how crabby these drives are 8() You might want to look on rftm.mit.edu in the news.answers archive (sorry, forgotten the directory, try all the *sun* ones 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[