Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 01:22:21 +0200 (MET DST) From: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> To: abc xyz <un_x@anchorage.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, jim.chapman@sympatico.ca Subject: Re: floppy tape Message-ID: <XFMail.970428013848.joki@jocki.domestic.de> In-Reply-To: <3362C116.41C67EA6@anchorage.net>
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"Device not configured" means that the drive was not found at boot time. e.g.,
the floppy controller is found, but not the floppy drive itself due to a loose
cable. I've only seen this with h/w errors so far, or if the wrong Port/IRQ
setting was used.
c u Jo
On 27-Apr-97 at 03:01:59 abc xyz wrote:
>Jim Chapman wrote:
>
>> I have been given a Colorado T1000 floppy tape drive. I installed it in
>> my machine and inserted a QIC-80 tape. When I boot the tape reads but
>> when I give the command lft I get a message
>> /dev/rft0 Not Configured
>> What do I need to do to get the system to configure the drive?
>> Does lft work as is with 425 ft tapes?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>that reminds me - i get the same thing when i try "tcpdump".
>"/dev/bpf0 not configured". i search all the docs/manpages i could,
>but couldn't come up with anything on how to configure it.
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