jrh@mustang.dell.com (James R. Howard) (02/13/90)
In article <Q4RC6HB@geminix.UUCP>, gemini@geminix.UUCP (Uwe Doering) writes: [ semi-infinite amounts of quotation deleted ] > >The real and simple solution is to use the tapecntl(1) command: > OK, but this doesn't help me right now. And you should know that it > doesn't matter so much what brand the streamer itself is, but what > device driver you have in your UNIX. This is the one the tapecntl(1) > command has to cope with. And I'm quite sure that the ISC wt driver > won't understand the tapecntl(1) ioctl-calls. This should be the > reason why this utility isn't shipped with 386/ix. > > After all, writing device drivers is the main task the UNIX vendors > do, and as long as there is no standard how things should be done > every vendor will invent its own driver interface to the application > programs. > > But of course this doesn't explain why ISC doesn't ship its own utility > for the wt streamer. Maybe I've looked at the wrong places. If someone > (hello ISC) knows better please tell us. > > Uwe Actually, the ISC wt driver, DOES support the tapecntl calls. How do I know this? Because Dell UNIX 386/ix (Which is ISC based, with enhancements) has tapecntl, and it works with the wt driver. I have a Wangtek 150MB TBU, and it works fine with it. -------------------------------------------------------------- James Howard ..cs.utexas.edu!dell!mustang!jrh or jrh@mustang.dell.com "I've got a firm policy on gun control, if there's a gun around, I want to be the one controlling it." -- Clint Eastwood --------------------------------------------------------------
larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (02/13/90)
> Actually, the ISC wt driver, DOES support the tapecntl calls. > How do I know this? Because Dell UNIX 386/ix (Which is ISC based, > with enhancements) has tapecntl, and it works with the wt driver. > I have a Wangtek 150MB TBU, and it works fine with it. Is this 150MB TBU a SCSI device? -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA uucp: larry@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry 4 inbound dialup high speed line public access system