From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 7 11:25:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA14264 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:25:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from wakko.gil.net (keithl@wakko.gil.net [207.100.79.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA14258 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:25:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (keithl@localhost) by wakko.gil.net (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id OAA07465 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 14:29:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 14:29:40 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Leonard To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Floppy tape backup Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Howdy, I've seen this posted before and watched closely for answer - no see. Does a body have a hope in hell if they have a tape backup that connects through a floppy controller. I have a Conner 850 and have been trying to use tar and dump through 'ft' and keep getting "fdc0 input timeout" and "fdc0 output timeout" and occasionally actually see the tape drive respond but no write or worst still 'write error'. I have compiled FDSEEKWAIT = 'a variety of setting' and still get timed out with no write. I am using 2.1.5. I realize that 'ft' is set up for 40/80 but it should do something. The tape is a 3010 , 400 feet and 50 tracks. density I can't find (perhaps my ignorance is showing) Any help would be appreciated as I don't have a $1000 for an exabyte tape drive for home use. I know there are other floppy tape drive people who would like to see some answer thanks Keith keithl@wakko.gil.net ------------------------------------------------------ Character is what you are in the dark - John Warfin ------------------------------------------------------