From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 27 16:39:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA05501 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 16:39:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jocki.domestic.de (kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de [194.233.216.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA05486 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 16:39:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from joki@localhost) by jocki.domestic.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA00399; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 01:38:48 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.0 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3362C116.41C67EA6@anchorage.net> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 01:22:21 +0200 (MET DST) From: Joachim Kuebart To: abc xyz Subject: Re: floppy tape Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, jim.chapman@sympatico.ca Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For a world of pedigree OSs FreeBSD - top breeders recommend it Joachim Kuebart Tel: +49 711 653706 Germany