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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!uwm.edu!watt.cae.uwm.edu!murthy From: murthy@cae.uwm.edu () Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: BSDI install thru a QIC tape Date: 6 Apr 1997 16:18:26 GMT Organization: College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Lines: 36 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5i8ici$mbi@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.52.2 Originator: murthy@watt.cae.uwm.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6601 Hi experts! I am trying to re-install BSDI 1.1 (for technical reasons - software support in other countries) on a 486. This software is on a QD6150 tape format (I guess that is somehow QIC-80 compatible - the tape is 6x4 inches in dimension). Somehow I could find a tape-drive and a AHA1540/1542B scsi controller. When I am installing the OS, it sees the SCSI controller (aha0 ...) and I can hear the sound of the tape-drive being accessed, but it does not create any devices for me to use (no sd0? or something like that). When I do "mt -f /dev/sd0a rew" (and most other device names I can find in /dev), I get "device not configured" message. I am now stumped with no where to go ... What am I missing or doing wrong? Please, please help me if you know the answer. BTW, at the boot: prompt, I did try typing "-dev sd0 port=0x330 irq=11" and couple other devices (sd0a, sd1a, rst0, etc.), but with no success. Any help will be appreciated. Is there any way to convert this tape to some other media (if I can get at such a tape-drive at someother place :-)). A friend of mine has that kind of tape drive in his Win95 machine, can I read this tape somehow and put it on floppies (yuck) or something. I am desperate to try anything. Reply directly (also), if possible. Regards, Murthy Nyayapati murthy@cae.uwm.edu