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- From: rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: please help with SCSI tape and 386BSD!
- Message-ID: <727806169rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 16:22:49 GMT
- References: <727481242rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org>
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- In article <727481242rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org> rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel) writes:
- >I have a SCSI tape drive (Tandberg 4120) and want to read 386BSD from
- >it after installing the boot disk, which worked fine. I can prepare a
- >tape with 386BSD under OS/2 but cannot read it under 386BSD. In fact,
- >386BSD cannot read *anything* from the tape.
- >
- >I have already replaced the kernel with one from the net with the new
- >SCSI drivers but it still can't read the tape (although it prints out
- >less error messages than the shipped kernel). I have made the new
- >devices names/minors and have no problems with the hard disk and
- >cd-rom devices.
- >
- >However, when I try to access the tape (even with cat, not only with
- >tar), it streams a bit and when using "tar tv" I see one line with the
- >contents of the first record (correct, BTW) and then I only get the
- >message "length error". What is wrong here and what can I do?
- >
- >Does anyone have a working kernel with SCSI drivers which work with
- >the Tandberg streamer so that I could FTP the kernel (and diffs to be
- >able to eventually recompile the kernel afterwards)?
- ..
- >Please send mail with suggestions.
-
- [no response so far]
-
- Update: I have today tried a HP 35470A DAT drive and to my surprise it
- works. It is a SCSI-2 device like the Tandberg streamer but unlike the
- Tandberg it works fine. I suspect that they respond a bit differently
- to SCSI commands.
-
- Does anyone know the fix for 386BSD to get the Tandberg working? BTW,
- both the Tandberg and the HP DAT work fine under OS/2, so it's not a
- fault in the hardware.
-
- Kai Uwe Rommel
-
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