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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!EU.net!sun4nl!nikhefk!adrik From: adrik@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl (Adri Koppes) Subject: Re: Problem with old+new scsi drivers Message-ID: <1993Dec18.161821.27077@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl> Keywords: SCSI TAPE WANGTEK 5525ES Organization: NIKHEFK References: <1993Dec13.035438.18560@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl> <CI5EBq.Mr@twwells.com> Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1993 16:18:21 GMT Lines: 15 >In article <1993Dec13.035438.18560@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl>, >Adri Koppes <adrik@paramount.nikhefk.nikhef.nl> wrote: >: I am running FreeBSD 1.0.2, but am having a problem using a WANGTEK 5525ES >: SCSI tape drive. >This is exactly what I'm using and it works without trouble. The >SCSI controller is an Adaptec 1540B and I use the hn?rst0 devices >for access. I have tracked the problem down to the 'set density' command. When the st driver sets the density of the tape, i get an 'illegal request' error. If i just skip the 'set density', the tape works fine. Does the 5525ES have some special flags in setting the tape density? Adri.