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From: kjm@cobia.mlb.semi.harris.com (Kevin Moye)
Subject: 386bsd Tape Drive Support
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 12:39:48 GMT
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My System:
Gateway 2000 486/25Mhz 4Meg RAM, 125Meg Western Digital Hard Drive,
3.5" 1.4Meg and 5.25" 1.2Meg Drives, Colorado Backup tape drive.

I have a Colorado backup tape drive that works fine under DOS.  I was wondering if it is
possible to get it working under 386bsd.  386bsd does not seem to recognize the device at
all.

How can I 1) Make 386bsd recognize the device?
	  2) Read/Write to the device?

I noticed that /dev/wd0 does not exist, even when I use MAKEDEV.  /dev/rwd0 exists but is
not configured.  Also, the /dev/ras* files apparently are not configured either.

Any clues would be appreciated at this point in time.  Please respond to me via internet
using kjm@mlb.semi.harris.com.  I will post a summary of responses in this forum.

Thanks for any help,

-Kevin