Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!butch!lscruz!lscruz!not-for-mail From: alan@lscruz.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com (Alan Strassberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: HP DAT = unknown tape drive? Date: 15 Oct 1995 19:26:45 -0700 Organization: Lockheed Martin, Santa Cruz, California Lines: 17 Message-ID: <45sft5$931@lscruz.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com> References: <45p9tn$gbd@Mars.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lscruz.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com In article <45p9tn$gbd@Mars.mcs.com>, Leslie Mikesell <les@MCS.COM> wrote: >A recent model HP SCSI DAT drive is reported by BSDI 2.0 as and >unknown tape unit. I can do basic read/write operations but >'mt' doesn't know how to report status or position it. How >do I fix this? (And where should I have looked for the instructions)? I had problems with HP DAT's until I upgraded to 2.0.1, and magically everything worked fine. If this isn't it, check out the HP DAT Configuration Guide for a clue at: http://www.impediment.com/hp/hp_2.ps alan -- ------------- Alan Strassberg alan@lmsc.lockheed.com (408) 425-6139 Lockheed Martin - Santa Cruz, California