diekema@jdbbs.UUCP (Jon Diekema) (01/08/89)
I am having trouble getting my Everex Stream 125 Tape sub-system
to work under System V/AT version 2.4.0. The Everex Stream
125 package has the following components:
o Everex QIC-36 Tape controller, EV-831 Rev F
o Wangtek 125Meg DC600A cartridge tape drive
The hardware configuration that I am using is:
Computer: Suntek ATEGA 1000 (AT Clone)
Processor: 80286 6/12 Mhz (12 Mhz with 1 wait state)
Ports: 1 Parallel 2 Serial (all on the Motherboard)
Bios: Phoenix 80286 ROM BIOS Version 3.00 9/1
Memory: 5 Meg total
640k base 384k expansion on the motherboard
"The King Bishop" 4 Meg card from Micron Technology
Monitor: NEC Multisync JC-1401P3A
Video card: Paradise Auto Switch EGA
Modem: Evercom 2400 from Everex (internal)
Printer: Microline 82A from Okidata
80 columns 120 CPS with tractor feed
Floppy disk: 1.2M Teac FD-55GFV-17-U
Hard Disk: Miniscribe 6085, 71.3 Meg, 1024 Cylinders 8 Heads
Controller card: WDC 1985 vintage, WD1003-WA2
Line printer Devices:
lp0 - NOT used
lp1 - connected to a Okidata printer
lp2 - NOT used
COM Devices:
COM1 - serial port located on the motherboard
/etc/ttypatch -t0 -a1016 -i4 -m0x0c
COM2 - Evercom 2400 baud internal modem
/etc/ttypatch -t1 -a760 -i3 -m0x08
The EV-831 tape controller is configured as follows:
o Port 300-301, IRQ 5, DRQ 1, DACK 1
The Everex tape diagnostics, that run under MS-DOS, report a clean
bill of health. This gives me a strong indication that the cables
are connected correctly, and the tape controller is configured in
a reasonable manner. The standard UNIX kernel (version 2.4.0) didn't
come with the Everex tape driver installed. The link kit needed to
be run to create a kernel with this driver in place. There are two
files that needed to be modified, and they are shown below:
$ cat /usr/linkkit/cf/master
* %W%
*
* The following devices are those that can be specified in the system
* description file. The name specified must agree with the name shown.
*
* blk chr
* name vector hndlrs type prefix maj maj max # struct decl.
*----- ------ ------ ---- ------ --- --- ----- ----------------
*
wini 46 ocrwi rbc hd 0 4 4
flop 38 socrwi rbc fd 1 6 4
rdswap 0 ocrwi rbc rd 2 11 1
asy 36,35 ocrwi ctn asy 0 5 4
sema 0 sx so sem 0 0 1
mesg 0 s so msg 0 0 1
shmem 0 fex so shm 0 0 1
sxt 0 ocrwi co sxt 0 12 32
lp 39 ocwis c lp 0 7 3
cmos 0 rw co cmos 0 8 1
ev 37 ocrw c ev 0 9 1
kd 33 ocrwis cot kd 0 0 64
*
* The following devices must not be specified in the system description
* file. They are here to supply information to the config program.
*
memory 0 rwi srco mm 0 1 1
tty 0 orwi srco sy 0 2 1
errlog 0 ocrs srco err 0 3 1
$$$
*
* The following entries form the alias table.
*
dsk wini
$$$
*
* The following entries form the tunable parameter table.
*
buffers NBUF
inodes NINODE
files NFILE
mounts NMOUNT
swapmap SMAPSIZ
coremap CMAPSIZ
calls NCALL
procs NPROC
texts NTEXT
clists NCLIST
sabufs NSABUF 0
power POWER 0
emul EMUL_0 1
maxproc MAXUP 25
* hashbuf must be a power of 2
hashbuf NHBUF 64
physbuf NPBUF 4
csibnum CSIBNUM 20
vpmbsz VPMBSZ 8192
vpmnexus VPMNEXUS 0
x25links X25LINKS 1
x25bufs X25BUFS 256
x25nexus X25NEXUS 0
x25bytes X25BYTES (16*1024)
bx25links BX25LINKS 2
bx25bufs BX25BUFS 80
bx25bytes BX25BYTES (16*1024)
bx25hlprot BX25HLPROT 2
bx25nexus BX25NEXUS 0
sesbufs SESBUFS 32
sesbytes SESBYTES (8*1024)
mesg MESG 1
msgmap MSGMAP 10
msgmax MSGMAX 8192
msgmnb MSGMNB 8192
msgmni MSGMNI 10
msgssz MSGSSZ 8
msgtql MSGTQL 40
msgseg MSGSEG 1024
sema SEMA 1
semmap SEMMAP 10
semmni SEMMNI 10
semmns SEMMNS 60
semmnu SEMMNU 30
semmsl SEMMSL 25
semopm SEMOPM 10
semume SEMUME 10
semvmx SEMVMX 32767
semaem SEMAEM 16384
shmem SHMEM 1
shmmax SHMMAX 65535
shmmin SHMMIN 1
shmmni SHMMNI 10
shmseg SHMSEG 8
shmbrk SHMBRK 32
shmall SHMALL 1024
stibsz STIBSZ 8192
stobsz STOBSZ 8192
stihbuf STIHBUF (ST_0*4)
stohbuf STOHBUF (ST_0*4)
stnprnt STNPRNT (ST_0>>2)
stnexus STNEXUS 0
emtbsz EMTBSZ 8192
emrbsz EMRBSZ 8192
emrcvsz EMRCVSZ 2048
embhdr EMBHDR (EM_0*6)
emnexus EMNEXUS 0
flckrec FLCKREC 100
flckfil FLCKFIL 25
autoup AUTOUP 20
$ cat /usr/linkkit/cf/dfile.wini
* @(#)dfile.microport 2.3
* Copyright 1986 by Microport. All Rights Reserved
* Default configuration settings for Winchester rooted kernel.
wini 0 2
flop 0 1
rdswap 0 1
root wini 0
pipe wini 0
swap wini 1 20000 6000
dump wini 0
asy 0 4
sxt 0 8
lp 0 3
ev 0 1
kd 0 8
cmos 0 1
emul 0
buffers 0 * 2.3.0
inodes 125 * 2.2
files 120 * 2.3.0
mounts 8
swapmap 75
coremap 150 * 1.3.8
calls 50
procs 75 * 2.2
texts 40
clists 0 * 2.3.0
mesg 1 * 1.3.8
shmem 1 * 1.3.8
sema 1 * 1.3.8
$ cd /usr/linkkit/cf
$ make wini
This makes a relinked kernel called /usr/linkkit/system5.
$ cp /usr/linkkit/system5 /system5
This makes the linked kernel the system default. Before doing
this, you might want to save off /system5 to something like
/OLDsystem5. This comes in handy if the new kernel won't boot.
The $ make wini operation displayed the following tables. These
tables describe the block and character devices that are present
in my system.
Block Devices
major device handler count
0 wini hd 2
1 flop fd 1
2 rdswap rd 1
Character Devices
major device handler count
0 kd kd 8
1 memory mm 1
2 tty sy 1
3 errlog err 1
4 wini hd 2
5 asy asy 4
6 flop fd 1
7 lp lp 3
8 cmos cmos 1
9 ev ev 1
11 rdswap rd 1
12 sxt sxt 8
You may have been wondering, If I'll ever get around to describing
the problem. Well here is:
I get the illusion that I am writing data the tape, but am
unable to read it. Using cpio -ocv, the tape drive sounds
like it should and more importantly the cpio -ocv runs to
completion without hanging or giving any indication of errors.
Reversing the process, gives the "out of phase" message.
2> find z* -print | cpio -ocv >/dev/mt/rmt0
z_news_feed
z_tape
14 blocks
3> cpio -itcv </dev/mt/rmt0
Out of phase--get help
Perhaps the "-c" option should be used
4> l /dev/mt
total 0
brw-r--r-- 5 root sys 1, 70 Dec 29 07:48 0m
crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 9, 0 Jan 7 13:19 1m
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 64 Jan 4 21:57 erase
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 4 Apr 21 1988 norewind
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 8 Jan 4 21:53 pretension
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 16 Jan 4 22:00 reset
crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 9, 0 Jan 7 13:19 rewind
crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 9, 0 Jan 7 13:19 rmt0
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 16 Jan 4 22:00 rmt16
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 4 Apr 21 1988 rmt4
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 64 Jan 4 21:57 rmt64
crw-rw-rw- 2 root sys 9, 8 Jan 4 21:53 rmt8
Plea for Help:
Does anybody have any ideas of what I am doing wrong or
suggestions for things to try? I thought this was going to
be simple matter, but has instead turned into a nightmare.
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