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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!fi.gs.com!qsss08!avraad From: avraad@qssw04.qsss08.gs.com (David Avraamides) Subject: Hard reboot when acessing floppy-tape in FreeBSD-2.0R Message-ID: <AVRAAD.94Nov29082515@qssw04.qsss08.gs.com> Sender: news@qsss08.gs.com Nntp-Posting-Host: qssw04 Organization: Goldman, Sachs & Co. Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 13:25:15 GMT Lines: 34 Hi, I just installed FreeBSD-2.0R this weekend and everything went fine (great job guys!). However, I was reading the man pages on 'ft', the floppy-tape controller which is supposed to work with a Colorado Jumbo 250MB tape drive. Whenever I try tar-ing something to the tape I get a complete reboot of my system - not even a panic - the screen goes blank, and then I see my normal reboot BIOS message!! I'm trying: 'tar cvf - <files> | ft "backup of files"' which is suggested in the 'ft' man page. I have tried rebuilding my kernel with both the tape device as floppy controller 0 drive 1 and floppy controller 1 drive 2, both with no luck. My configuration is: Gateway 2000 P5 90 XL WDC AC3100 IDE 1GB disk 16 MB RAM 1 3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive Any ideas? It sure would be nice to get my tape drive working. Thanks in advance, -- David Avraamides Goldman, Sachs & Co. (212) 357-1346 avraad@qsss08.gs.com