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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.develoment,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: aha1542c tape problems (was: Looking for SCSI tape users)
Date: 10 May 1993 08:01:39 GMT
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Keywords: Julian's st.c

In article <C6oM6t.IJo@ns1.nodak.edu>, tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) writes:
|>  I am looking for users of Julian's SCSI tape program /sys/scsi/st.c to
|>  see if you have experienced any problems
[...]

Indeed. I'm running 0.1 pl 0.2.?. dd'ing off any *st0* yields something like
bad filedescriptor, just as if the device weren't there.

The tape is at scsi port 0, and it is recognized on boot by the controller.
The controller is a 1542c, the tape is a QIC150 Tandberg, but is recognized as
"archive ciper 150" or some such.

BTW the original kernel gives "controller error #0x12" and then hangs, but the
tape keeps winding.

How do I make it work ?

/*No, there's no mt on my box. I assume it's in a newer patchkit. Ah, well...*/

-Bernard