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From: thostr@autotelia.Isv.Uit.NO (Thomas Strandenaes)
Subject: FreeBSD and Archive SC499 tape-drive controller/drive
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Message-ID: <1994Jan8.225334.13131@news.uit.no>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 1994 22:53:34 GMT
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
Keywords: Stuck
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I'm trying to use my Archive SC499 QIC02/24 controller with a Archive
60 meg tape drive. I have configured and compiled a kernel with the
QIC-2 support enabled, i.e
device wt0 at isa? port 0x340 bio irq 5 drq 1 vector wtintr
and upon booting the kernel reports:
wt0: <Archive>
So far so good. When I try to use 'mt', 'tar' or any other utility to
talk with the tape-streamer at /dev/rwt* (it's rwt0b for 60 meg drives,
right?) or /dev/nrwt*, I get a syslog message
wt0: Illegal command
I have no address or other conflicts (irq/drq) that should cause this
trouble. In fact, the exact same setup has been running linux for a
good while without any trouble. I'd be happy to see comments on where
I may look for help, or where I'm going wrong.
Regards,
//thomas
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