danielw@wyn386.UUCP (Daniel Wynalda) (12/12/89)
I have an archive tape drive controller and archive tape drive (60MB drive) that I would like to install in my system. It ran "/usr/sys/conf/vectorsinuse" and it told me that interrupts 3,4,5,6,7 were all in use so I selected IRQ 2 on the jumper and for the installation of the tape drive. For TYPE of drive, I selected "A" (assuming that means archive), and for DMA I selected 1. Memory location is set to 200H. These settings appear to be OK for XENIX (SCO XENIX 386 2.3.2) as the tape cycles as Xenix boots and it shows on the device list. The problem I get is when I try to do a "tape reset" or "tape reten" for example. "tape reset" will reset the tape drive but hangs indefinitely. "tape reten" basically just gives me an error saying "can't open device /dev/xct0". If anyone has this drive running on their system, could you please mail me your setup parameters? I tried another controller and drive (same type) and get the same problem so I THINK it is just a setting. Your help would be greatly appreciated. I believe the model # on the drive is something like 5945 (archive scorpion?). The drives at home and I'm at work. Thanks for any help you can be. Daniel Wynalda -- Daniel Wynalda | Telephone: (616) 866-1561 X22 Ham: N8KUD Wynalda Litho Inc. | danielw@wyn386.UUCP wyn386!danielw@sharkey.cc.umich.edu 8221 Graphic Ind Pk. | I believe everyone should be responsible for their own Rockford, MI 49341 | actions. Thus I don't speak for this org. herein.
joe@junkyard.UUCP (Joseph Sarkes) (12/14/89)
In article <135@wyn386.UUCP>, danielw@wyn386.UUCP (Daniel Wynalda) writes: > and it told me that interrupts 3,4,5,6,7 were all in use so I selected > IRQ 2 on the jumper and for the installation of the tape drive. For TYPE > I get is when I try to do a "tape reset" or "tape reten" for example. > "tape reset" will reset the tape drive but hangs indefinitely. "tape reten" > basically just gives me an error saying "can't open device /dev/xct0". One thing to keep in mind on AT boxes is that interrupt 2 was eaten up by the second dma controller. The way to access int 2 is to use the physical int 2 line on the hardware card, but to use INT 9 on the software side, as this is where the int 2 line was connected to upon the addition of the second dma controller. Joseph Sarkes (junkyard!joe)