sean@utoday.UUCP (Sean Fulton) (07/12/90)
I'm in serious need of help. We have an Irwin mini tape drive for use on an Everex Step 385/25 running Xenix 2.3 and am unable to get Xenix to recognize the drive. Constant error messages are something akin to: "Can't <whatever> /dev/xct0" I believe the *ct0 devices are for full-sized cartridge tapes. Any ideas???
dkeisen@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) (07/19/90)
In article <1746@utoday.UUCP> sean@utoday.UUCP (Sean Fulton) writes: > >We have an Irwin mini tape drive for use on an Everex Step 385/25 >running Xenix 2.3 and am unable to get Xenix to recognize the drive. > >Constant error messages are something akin to: > > "Can't <whatever> /dev/xct0" > >I believe the *ct0 devices are for full-sized cartridge tapes. > I suspect that you want to change the default tape device (in /etc/default/tape) to /dev/rctmini from its usual setting of /dev/xct0. -- Dave Eisen Home: (415) 323-9757 dkeisen@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU Office: (415) 967-5644 1447 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043
root@gsy1.UUCP (Scott Yates N4BBB) (07/22/90)
dkeisen@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) writes: >In article <1746@utoday.UUCP> sean@utoday.UUCP (Sean Fulton) writes: >> >>We have an Irwin mini tape drive for use on an Everex Step 385/25 >>running Xenix 2.3 and am unable to get Xenix to recognize the drive. >> "Can't <whatever> /dev/xct0" >-- >Dave Eisen Home: (415) 323-9757 >dkeisen@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU Office: (415) 967-5644 >1447 N. Shoreline Blvd. >Mountain View, CA 94043 Dave, if you have run the 'mkdev tape' routine, installed the 'mini-cartidge' driver, and still have trouble ( as I did ), you'll just need to pick up the MCART driver from SCO ( I believe its xnx146 ), which gives you an entire daemon driver that handles the tape flawlessly. It really acts like a real tape drive now, tars perfectly. Scott -- Scott Yates, N4BBB o o DOMAIN: gsy@gsy1.JOBSOFT.COM Yates Pest Control \ / UUCP: ....uunet!mjbtn!gsy1!gsy Rockvale,Tennessee (OO) TCP/IP: 44.34.50.24 HAM: n4bbb@ampr.org Navy MARS NNN0XRI <> VOICE: (615) 274-2156 / (615) 459-2636 <<< "Bugs Are my Life " >>>