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From: lyndon@orthanc.com (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Anyone using a Conner CTMS 3200 tape drive?
Date: 25 Oct 1995 16:45:55 -0700
Organization: Orthanc Systems
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Message-ID: <46mi7j$ets@multivac.orthanc.com>
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I'm trying to get a Conner CTMS 3200 SCSI tape drive working with
FreeBSD. Lots of problems so far ...
Under 2.0.5-R with the NCR SCSI controller we see the following problems:
* After a boot or SCSI bus reset it is necessary to write to the
drive twice before using it. Otherwise the driver reports an
I/O error.
Under 2.0.5-R and 2.1.0-950928-SNAP:
* 'mt fsf 1' works most of the time. 'mt fsf n' where n > 1
results in a hung device and a "hardware failure" message
in /var/log/messages. (The 2.1 box uses the aic SCSI controller.)
The kernel probe reports:
"Conner CTMS 3200 7.0" type 1 removable SCSI 2
Sequential-Access density code 0x29, 512 byte blocks, write enabled
I notice the 2.0.5 SCSI drivers only recognize density codes up to 0x17.
I haven't checked the 2.1 source yet.
So ... is anyone using one of these drives? Failing that, I would like
to hear from anyone that is sucessfully using any of the Conner 4mm DAT
drives - let me know the exact model number of the drive you are running.
I have a feeling we're going to scrap the current one ...
Thanks,
--lyndon
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