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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
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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.


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