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From: root@oosten.IAEhv.nl (Peter Joosten)
Subject: Trouble with floppy tape drive controller
Organization: At Home Inc., The Netherlands
Message-ID: <DLsqnt.v5@oosten.IAEhv.nl>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:19:05 GMT
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I am using FreeBSD 2.1. I recently bought a 800MB Travan Internal
Minicartridge Drive (Conner).

If I try to write to the tape using the 'ft' command I get the the error
messages:
	/kernel: fdc0: output ready timeout
	/kernel: fdc0: input ready timeout

At boot time I get the message:
	ft0 Conner tape

I configured my kernel as follows:
	controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
	disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
	tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2

I have read an article in this newsgroup, about exact the same problem.
There was also a reply to this article, saying that someone (of the
core team ?) was working at the tape driver. 

I am looking for an answer to the next questions:

1. Can I solve this problem right now, (How?)
2. or should I wait for the new tape driver ?
3. Can I expect an announcement in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce ( or .misc)
   at the moment this driver is admitted to FreeBSD current, snapshot
   or stable ?
4. When can I expect an ALPHA-version of this driver to be available ?
   (It is NOT my intention to put pressure on anyone !!!)

By the way: My IDE-CDROM works perfect with the new ALPHA-driver. So I feel
very lucky anyway.

Friendly Greetings,

Peter Joosten
peterj@oosten.IAEhv.nl