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From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Problem with 60MB Archive tape drive & AHA 1542A
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Date: 26 Jul 93 18:17:01 GMT
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mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au (Mathew BM LIM) writes:

>I have a 60mb Archive QIC-24 drive from an old Sun386i. This drive
>consists of a transport mechanism and an add on Emulex MT02 (?) board
>that turns it into a SCSI device.

>I can use this drive perfectly on a Sun but can't seem to get the AHA 1542A
>to even recognise it's existance. Upon boot up, the drive does make 
>rewinding noises when the AHA probes the SCSI, but no device is reported.
>No tape deviec is found during 386bsd boot up either.

>Any clues?

My guess is that the MT02 board does not respond to an Inquiry
command or doesnot respond in a sensible way.

This probably makes the driver believe there is nothing on
that particular SCSI ID.

Wilko


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