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- From: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
- Subject: Re: please help with SCSI tape and 386BSD!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.055719.25304@tfs.com>
- Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Berkeley, CA - 94704
- References: <727481242rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org> <727806169rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:57:19 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- In article <727806169rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org> rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel) writes:
- >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.
- >>
- [deleted]
- >>
- >>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?
-
- The record length handling code is broken in the
- present scsi tape driver, due to the accidental incusion of a
- well meaning but wrong patch.
-
- I am nearly ready to release a 'fixed' version, but I'm going to need
- guinea-pigs, as I have only variable record length drives to check
- it on.
-
- >>
- >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.
-
- hopefully the answer may be on the way.
- 8-)
-
- >
- >Kai Uwe Rommel
-
- julian
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