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Date:      Wed, 2 Sep 1998 22:31:38 +1000 (EST)
From:      Carey Nairn <cpn@dpac.tas.gov.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: problem with Exabyte 8505 tape drive
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980902222633.844A-100000@jumpgate.cpn.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <19980902175158.J606@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Wednesday,  2 September 1998 at 17:28:31 +1000, Carey Nairn wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm having problems with this drive and FreeBSD-2.2.5, connected to an
> > Adaptec 1505 PNP SCSI card.
> >
> 
> Didn't you send this message a while back?  No useful replies?
> 
> I'd be suspicious of the Adaptec 1505.  Do you have the possibility of
> trying it with some other host adapter?
> 
> Also, Exabytes are notorious for having strange configurations.  You
> might like to check the Exabyte web site (http://www.exabyte.com/) and
> check out the revision codes.
> 

The drive has worked with machine (win95) but I don't think it was a 1505
host adapter.  I did have some problems with the 1505 initially, but that
was getting it to be probed correctly.  That now works OK since putting
the plug and play drivers into the kernel.

There may be a remote chance of getting the drive to test with another
adapter, but I don't have easy access to the machine, so it isn't that
simple.

I have also sent this query to exabyte.

thanks,
Carey  


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