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From: jmanley@metronet.com (Jim Manley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: HELP - Can't get Colorado Jumbo 350 tape drive to work
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 23:33:45 -0500
Organization: Texas Metronet
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Message-ID: <jmanley-1909962333450001@fw73.metronet.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: fw73.metronet.com

I have installed a Colorado Jumbo 350 (QIC-80) tape drive in my 
P120 running FreeBSD 2.1.  I have followed the instructions for 
installing the drive between the on-board floppy controller and
the 3.5" floppy drive.

I uncommented the 'ft0' line in kernel configuration file and 
rebuilt the kernel.

When I reboot, the probe sees the floppy controller and floppy drive
but not the tape drive.  I've tried various cabling configurations
but nothing seems to work.

Has anyone run into this problem before?  Am I overlooking something?

I'm desperate to get this fixed.  I've done a lot of work getting
this box configured and running and I need to do a backup.

Thanks!

Jim Manley
jmanley@metronet.com
jim@networkcommerce.com

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