Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:55:35 -0600 (MDT) From: "John E. Hein" <jhein@timing.com> To: <murphree1@ispchannel.com> Cc: echriste@ssesco.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with tape drive Message-ID: <14768.6087.184479.27280@gargle.gargle.HOWL> In-Reply-To: <20000901200236.MRQX7586.smtp1a@[10.1.2.23]> References: <20000901200236.MRQX7586.smtp1a@[10.1.2.23]>
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murphree1@ispchannel.com wrote at 13:01 -0700 on Sep 1: > > >I don't know if I should post this here or on the scsi list, but I'm sure > >I'll be told if I'm wrong. I've been having a problem with my tape drive > >and I have a solution, I just don't know if it's the correct solution. I'm > >running 4.1 stable and have a drive that gets recognized as a Tandberg TDC > >3800 (see dmesg output that follows) with DC6525 tapes. I have scsi and sa > >in the kernel and everything set up correctly, but whenever I try to do > >anything with the tape drive I get an error. > > > >$ sudo mt status > >mt: /dev/nsa0: Invalid argument > >(sa0:sym0:0:5:0): unable to set fixed blocksize to 1024 > > Reported this a few weeks ago and it's still broken. > Use 'mt -f /dev/nrsa0 status' and it will work. The > 'dev/nsa0' comes from a define in mtio.h > It used to work... It's not broken... be sure to update your MAKEDEV (mergemaster helps here) - and your /dev tree - when you update your world. The change was made in May, so your MAKEDEV &/or dev tree appear to be at least 3-4 months old. cvs log -r1.243.2.2 src/etc/MAKEDEV . . . revision 1.243.2.2 date: 2000/05/09 01:13:27; author: peter; state: Exp; lines: +45 -49 MFC: sync up with hard links instead of duplicate mknods (consuming seperate inodes). Also provide non-'r' tape node names. Fix ttyA/cuaA. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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