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From: rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel)
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Subject: Re: please help with SCSI tape and 386BSD!
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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.
>
>I have already replaced the kernel with one from the net with the new
>SCSI drivers but it still can't read the tape (although it prints out
>less error messages than the shipped kernel). I have made the new
>devices names/minors and have no problems with the hard disk and
>cd-rom devices.
>
>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?
>
>Does anyone have a working kernel with SCSI drivers which work with
>the Tandberg streamer so that I could FTP the kernel (and diffs to be
>able to eventually recompile the kernel afterwards)?
...
>Please send mail with suggestions.

[no response so far]

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.

Kai Uwe Rommel

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