Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:06:30 -0700 From: "Husain, Sarwat" <srh@syseca-us.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FW: Please Help ! Message-ID: <F12F70B8A3FBD111BBC400104B245E1B137C4A@exchange-la.syseca-us.com>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_001_01BDC0A4.2A7EF1C0 Content-Type: text/plain > -----Original Message----- > From: Husain, Sarwat > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 9:58 AM > To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Please Help ! > > Hi, > I recently purchased the 4-CD version of FreeBSD 2.2.6 from Walnut > Creek CD-ROM. It installs great and everything but my Backup Tape > drive doesn't work. I have posted the question on > comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc a couple of times but couldn't get an > answer, you guys are my last hope. > OK the tape drive is actually CTT8000 Internal IDE Minicartridge drive > by "Seagate" not CONNER with 4GB native and 8GB compressed capability. > It is connected to the primary IDE controller along with the CD-ROM > (both on the IDE port via 1 cable). I have SCSI hard drives. When the > machine boots up it actually sees the drive and echos: > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14on isa > wdc0: unit 0(atapi): <FX820s/g01>, removeable, intr,dma,iordis > wdc0: unit 1(atapi):<CONNER CTT8000-A/2.0.7>, removeble, accel, iordis > > wdc0: ATAPI streaming tapes not supported yet > OK so you see it recognizes the drive as a CONNER drive not Seagate > surprisingly with the right model # and at the end it says that it is > not supported yet, what does that mean ? please don't tell me that I > cannot use it with FreeBSD. > I tried doing a dump to /dev/wdc0 but it said no such device then I > tried to do a MAKEDEV wdc0 and it said something about bad super > block. I am lost and frustrated please help ! I'm not a unix expert so > please be clear on the instructions and don't tell me to write my own > driver either cause I know I cannot do it :) > The second problem is with the new Quantum Atlas II 4.5 GB SCSI-3 > drive that I'm using with an 80 to 68 pins adapter. I have the FreeBSD > OS on a 2.1 GB drive and I mount the 4.5GB on /u02 after creating a > file system (single slice) for the full capacity of the drive. Then > when I do a cd /u02 it says u02 is not a directory, then I went to > /stand/sysinstall and finally got it to mount but when I tried to copy > /var to /u02 it said something like "parity write error" and bunch of > other errors rolled off of the screen among which there were several > retries. Finally, when I looked in the /u02 it seemed like some of the > stuff was actually copied. Any ideas what's going on ? it works fine > under DOS. I doubt I have create small slices of 2GB like DOS or do I > ? > Thanks for your time and patience, I say patience cause I know you > probably get thousands of emails from clueless people like me asking > stupid questions but believe me I tried all of my resources before > writing to you. > Thanks again > Russell > russ_husain@yahoo.com > > > _ \\// _ > / \ > -0oo--(O)----(O)--oo0------------------------- > > __O Sarwat Husain > _ / >,_ Systems Engineer > ===(_)-x-(_) srh@syseca-us.com > ----------------------------------------------------- > No spam kl:0033--40 PIL > ------ =_NextPart_001_01BDC0A4.2A7EF1C0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.1960.3"> <TITLE>FW: Please Help !</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">From: </FONT></B> <FONT = SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Husain, Sarwat </FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT = SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Wednesday, August 05, 1998 9:58 AM</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">Subject: </FONT>= </B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Please Help !</FONT> </P> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Hi,</FONT><FONT = FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Times New Roman">I recently = purchased the 4-CD version of FreeBSD 2.2.6 from Walnut Creek CD-ROM. = It installs great and everything but my Backup Tape drive doesn't work. = I have posted the question on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc a couple of = times but couldn't get an answer, you guys are my last = hope.</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT></P> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Times New Roman">OK the tape drive = is actually CTT8000 Internal IDE Minicartridge drive by = "Seagate" not CONNER with 4GB native and 8GB compressed = capability. It is connected to the primary IDE controller along with = the CD-ROM (both on the IDE port via 1 cable). I have SCSI hard drives. = When the machine boots up it actually sees the drive and = echos:</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT></P> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Times New Roman">wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 = irq 14on isa</FONT>=20 <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Times New Roman">wdc0: unit = 0(atapi): <FX820s/g01>, removeable, intr,dma,iordis</FONT><FONT = FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Times New Roman">wdc0: unit = 1(atapi):<CONNER CTT8000-A/2.0.7>, removeble, accel, = iordis</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Times New Roman">wdc0: ATAPI = streaming tapes not supported yet</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> = </FONT> <BR><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">OK so you see it recognizes the = drive as a CONNER drive not Seagate surprisingly with the right model # = and at the end it says that it is not supported yet, what does that = mean ? please don't tell me that I cannot use it with FreeBSD. = </FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">I tried doing a dump to /dev/wdc0 but = it said no such device then I tried to do a MAKEDEV wdc0 and it said = something about bad super block. I am lost and frustrated please help ! = I'm not a unix expert so please be clear on the instructions and don't = tell me to write my own driver either cause I know I cannot do it :) = </FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">The second problem is with the new = Quantum Atlas II 4.5 GB SCSI-3 drive that I'm using with an 80 to 68 = pins adapter. I have the FreeBSD OS on a 2.1 GB drive and I mount the = 4.5GB on /u02 after creating a file system (single slice) for the full = capacity of the drive. Then when I do a cd /u02 it says u02 is not a = directory, then I went to /stand/sysinstall and finally got it to mount = but when I tried to copy /var to /u02 it said something like</FONT> = <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">"</FONT><FONT = FACE=3D"Times New Roman">parity write error</FONT><FONT = COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">"</FONT><FONT = FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> and bunch of other errors rolled off of the = screen among which there were several retries. Finally, when I looked = in the /u02 it seemed like some of the stuff was actually copied. = Any ideas what's going on ? it works fine under DOS. I doubt I have = create small slices of 2GB like DOS or do I ?</FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Thanks for your time and patience, I = say patience cause I know you probably get thousands of emails from = clueless people like me asking stupid questions but believe me I tried = all of my resources before writing to you. </FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Thanks again </FONT> <BR><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Russell </FONT> <BR><U><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New = Roman">russ_husain@yahoo.com</FONT></U> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New = Roman">  = ; _ \\// _</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New = Roman"> = / = \</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New = Roman">-0oo--(O)----(O)--oo0-------------------------</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New = Roman">  = ; __O Sarwat Husain</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New = Roman"> _ / = >,_ Systems Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New = Roman">=3D=3D=3D(_)-x-(_)  = ; srh@syseca-us.com = </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New = Roman">-----------------------------------------------------</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Times New Roman">No spam kl:0033--40 = PIL</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------ =_NextPart_001_01BDC0A4.2A7EF1C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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