dougc@agora.uucp (Doug Carter) (05/25/90)
In article <10117@stiatl.UUCP> bgi@SalesTech.COM (Brad Isley) writes: >Sorry, I don't normally read this group. This machine fell into my hands and >I can't use it until I can get the tape drive to talk to some flavor of Unix. >My apologies if this topic has been covered recently. > >The specifics: > >PS/2 model 80. >IBM Streaming Tape Drive. The case has 6571-002 under the Big Blue IBM. >I have AIX and Interactive Unix for it already. Another Unix license is >no problem if I can get the tape drive to work. > AIX PS/2 supports the 6157 tape drive you have. Use the devices command to create the /dev/rmt? entries. (Doug Carter) dougc@agora.hf.intel.com
bgi@stiatl.UUCP (Brad Isley) (05/29/90)
In article <1990May25.003141.15090@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> gr-ssa@cscraz.UUCP (Shahrooz S. Alavi) writes: >In article <10117@stiatl.UUCP> bgi@SalesTech.COM (Brad Isley) writes: >> > > I know of a lot of people who are using tape drives with AIX > 1.2. You have to ofcourse have the correct adapter and run Hey, this sounds too easy. :-) I 'inherited' this box 3 weeks ago and it's previous 'boss' was having fits because neither AIX 1.1 nor Interactive would support the tape plus an eithernet card. His X port wasn't much fun, either. I didn't know 1.2 was out. I also probably missed some previous follow-ups to my posting. Thanx to all for the help! It's useful for something besides a DOS machine with 16mb RAM and 320mb disk! -- ------------------------------\ / ..and Apple thought GUI was theirs!.. \ emory!stiatl!bgi 841-4169 \---| Yer local zymurgist & Amiga hacker/user | emory!stiatl!slammer!brad \ Klein bottle for sale- Inquire within / gatech!bagend!slammer!brad Brad Isley, Sales Technologies, Inc.
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (05/29/90)
In article <10135@stiatl.UUCP> bgi@stiatl.UUCP (Brad Isley) writes: >I 'inherited' this box 3 weeks ago and it's previous 'boss' was having >fits because neither AIX 1.1 nor Interactive would support the tape plus >an eithernet card. AIX 1.1 supports the tape card and the ethernet card. What's the problem? -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu
bgi@stiatl.UUCP (Brad Isley) (05/30/90)
In article <3002@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: >In article <10135@stiatl.UUCP> bgi@stiatl.UUCP (Brad Isley) writes: > >AIX 1.1 supports the tape card and the ethernet card. What's the problem? > It does? I know someone who spent approximately 1 entire week on the phone talking to various people from IBM trying to find out if the tape drive was supported. He got ZERO answers - a big company with just a few people with the knowledge he sought. He spent a good deal of time trying to get it to work with no success. Interactive lied to him on several occasions when he tried to get help from them with questions like 'Do you have a driver for 6157-002 tape drive?', etc., thus causing great dispair and an unusable copy of Interactive Unix on my desk right now. If you're saying AIX rel 1.1 supports the 6157-002 tape drive, that's great! I'm going to install AIX in a few minutes. Thanx for the info. The reference disk "Test Computer" program says the tape drive needs service. It tested OK before, when the AIX was installed a few months ago. I've been trying to find out how to get it fixed. Anyway, thanx for all the help, and if I can get the hardware serviced I'll be on my merry way. While I'm at it, what is to be gained by upgrading to AIX 1.2? I'm sure it's improved in some areas. What are those areas? Thanx again! -- ------------------------------\ / ..and Apple thought GUI was theirs!.. \ emory!stiatl!bgi 841-4169 \---| Yer local zymurgist & Amiga hacker/user | emory!stiatl!slammer!brad \ Klein bottle for sale- Inquire within / gatech!bagend!slammer!brad Brad Isley, Sales Technologies, Inc.
kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (05/30/90)
bgi@stiatl.UUCP (Brad Isley) writes: >While I'm at it, what is to be gained by upgrading to AIX 1.2? >I'm sure it's improved in some areas. What are those areas? Biggest improvement is that it includes NFS. -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin "Don't hold your finger on the button if the motor ain't goin' roundy-roundy."