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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!144.212.100.12!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed3.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ncia.net!not-for-mail From: Pamela Nelson <nels@ncia.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD 2.2.2 / DC2000 Tape Drive Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 20:57:39 -0400 Organization: NCIA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <33B31003.1E2D@ncia.net> Reply-To: nels@ncia.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ed.ncia.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (WinNT; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43585 Hi All. I've got a FreeBSD 2.2.2 system with a (free) floppy tape drive with about a billion dc2000/2120 tapes or so. I know it isn't much, but I'd like to use the thing if I can. I've had *some* success... I've fudged with block sizes enough that I can do a backup without any errors using /dev/ft0... However: - The density, block sizes are WAY off as I'm only getting about 10 megs per tape. (not incredibly efficient) - When I try to use the mt command to rewind (or anything) it comes back with "rewind: device not configured" I've looked around for "device not configured" but everything I find assumes that I haven't even compiled the kernel with the device. That, of course, has been done! Anyone have any information? Thanks in advance. Ed Paquette ed@ncia.net