From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 9 08:37:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA26742 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 08:37:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picasso.wcape.school.za (picasso.wcape.school.za [196.21.102.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA26737 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 08:37:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za) Received: from uucp by picasso.wcape.school.za with local-rmail (Exim 2.02 #1) id 0z5XXC-0007Pb-00 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 17:37:26 +0200 Received: from localhost (pvh@localhost) by leftside.wcape.school.za (8.8.8/8.8.4) with SMTP id RAA00285 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 17:32:29 +0200 (SAT) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 17:32:27 +0200 (SAT) From: Peter van Heusden To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: EXA 8200 tape drive on FreeBSD? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi I'm trying to get a EXA 8200 tape drive working on FreeBSD. It is detected fine by the kernel during startup, and I can do a 'mt status' on it, with the following results: Present Mode: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable ---------available modes--------- Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable Mode 1: Density = X3.136-1986 Blocksize = 512 bytes Mode 2: Density = X3.39-1986 Blocksize variable Mode 3: Density = X3.54-1986 Blocksize variable However, I cannot write to it at all - even after a 'mt erase', I get the following: bash# mt rewind bash# dd if=/kernel of=/dev/nrst0 bs=64 count=1024 dd: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error 1+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 0.082043 secs (0 bytes/sec) bash# with the console showing the following message: st0: oops not queued My system details are as follows: OS: FreeBSD 2.2.6 System: 486 DX 4 120, NCR 53c810 SCSI controller (with 3 disk drives - Conner CFP1080S, Seagate ST12400N and ST32155N as well as the tape drive - disks are on ids 0, 1, 4, tape is on 6), 24 mb RAM. Is there anything else I can try to get this thing working, or should I just give up on it? Thanks, Peter -- Peter van Heusden | Its the 90's, and collective action is STILL cool! pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za | Get active in your union today! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message