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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ais.org!umeecs!dip.eecs.umich.edu!dmuntz From: dmuntz@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Daniel A Muntz) Subject: Re: tape drive problems Message-ID: <1992Jul21.044227.5511@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News) Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor References: <1992Jul21.015910.3456@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 04:42:27 GMT Lines: 18 In article <1992Jul21.015910.3456@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: > > I have not been able to get the tape device (/dev/rwt0) > to work properly on 0.1. I can tar/cpio/afio things out just > fine, but reading in produces garbage, even with the > directory reading options. I have tried various wangtek > type 6150 drives and controllers. All which work just fine > under SCO and sysvr4. Same thing happens with a tape produced > on another machine running sysvr4. > Anyone had good luck with the tape drive? Try using the block device /dev/wt0. I've been hacking on wt.c to get it working with an Archive controller (anyone interested plz send email). At least with the Archive, the block device works where the raw device fails. I don't think you'll be pleased with the performance if you do get it working... -Dan