From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 21 17:44:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA01691 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:44:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from aries.bb.cc.wa.us (root@[208.8.136.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA01661 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:44:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (chris@localhost) by aries.bb.cc.wa.us (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA01654 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:38:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:38:02 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Coleman Reply-To: Chris Coleman To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Tape Backup Drive Not working. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a 4gig SCSI tape backup drive. It's not working. :-( It is the only device attached to a Adaptec 2910 SCSI controller. It is ID 3 and the Card is ID 7 It comes up in the boot probe screen. And is identified as a Conner SCSI Drive. I have also MAKEDEV 'd the appropriate devices in the /dev directory (sh MAKEDEV st0) but when i run tar i get problems. tar: can't write to /dev/rst0 : input/output error in /var/messages: /kernel st0 (ahc:0:3:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc: 24,0 Invalid field in CDB /kernel st0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0 /kernel st0 (ahc:0:3:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc: 24,0 Invalid field in CDB I'm using FreeBSD 2.1.6 off the Cdrom. Thanks in Advance Chris Coleman (chris@aries.bb.cc.wa.us) Computer Support Technician I (509)-766-8873 Big Bend Community College Internet Instructor Death is life's way of telling you you're fired.