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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!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Hard reboot when acessing floppy-tape in FreeBSD-2.0R Date: 1 Dec 1994 19:55:18 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3bl9n6$sd4@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <AVRAAD.94Nov29082515@qssw04.qsss08.gs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <AVRAAD.94Nov29082515@qssw04.qsss08.gs.com>, David Avraamides <avraad@qssw04.qsss08.gs.com> wrote: >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 pretty sure that a message went by saying there was a conflict in the 'ft' driver and one of the other drivers. You're best bet would be to send your question to questions@freebsd.org and see if the mailing lists people know what to do with it. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Unemployed, looking for permanant work in home #: (406) 586-0579 | CS/EE field.