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From: patw@orl.mmc.com (Pat Walker)
Subject: Adaptec 1542C and Archive 2525S with NetBSD-0.8
Message-ID: <1993Jul30.214626.29331@iplmail.orl.mmc.com>
Keywords: adaptec 1542C archive viper 2525
Sender: patw@iplmail (Pat Walker)
Organization: Martin Marietta
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 21:46:26 GMT
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Howdy All,
  As you might surmise from the Subject line, I'm having some
difficulty with my Archive tape drive and NetBSD.  I have
a Maxtor 1240S and an Archive 2525S hooked up to my Adaptec 1542C.
The Maxtor works great, NetBSD installed off of the floppies
great, but I'm having trouble using the Archive.  Whenever
I try to tar anything off the tape I get

st0: illegal request
st0: mode sense failed
st0: illegal request
tar: read error on /dev/rst0: invalid argument.

I've swapped in an Archive 2150S and it works ok.  Anybody
have any clues?

I've Tested the drive on a sun, and it works, so i don't 
think it is a defective drive.

Patrick Walker                               patw@orl.mmc.com
Martin Marietta Electronic Systems          (407)356-5909

Steinbach's Guideline for System Programming :
  "Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle"