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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: EXABYTE  SCSI tape
To: mikebo@tellabs.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:05:44 +0100 (MET)
Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, mikebo@freefall.freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199601101523.JAA01504@sunc210.tellabs.com> from "mikebo@tellabs.com" at Jan 10, 96 09:23:14 am
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> > >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    
> 
> When the drive is empty I get this message too, but my Exabyte 8200
> works just fine when I push a tape in. At one time, I remember reading
> that you must be running a relatively recent drive PROM - but I don't
> remember the version you need. Anyone?
> - Mike
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Michael Borowiec   -   mikebo@tellabs.com   -   Tellabs Operations Inc.

Another datapoint: 

Dec  6 01:11:12 yedi /kernel: (ncr0:5:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 2687" type 1
removable SCSI 1

works fine on 2.0.5R. This particular firmware level was recomended
to me by someone from Exabyte. It's not the latest rev, but he
told me this was definitely the one to use.

Anyway, it works fine.

Wilko
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