jonn@sunriv.UUCP (jonn) (06/07/91)
We are having a problem running a compaq tape drive on a Compaq Deskpro under ODT 1.1. The interface card is set up for IRQ 5, Wangtek type, DMA channel 3 on instructions from Compaq, and linked the kernal with those settings under mkdev tape. Unfortunately, the tape drive still will not work. When I try and do 'tape status', it says that /dev/xct0 is an unknown device or address. I really need to get this tape drive working soon. Anyone out their have any suggestions? Email or reply here, as you think appropriate. -Jon | Jon R. Nials Email: jonn@sunriver.com | | SunRiver Corporation - or - | | 11500 Metric Blvd., Suite 150 uunet!sunriv!jonn | | Austin, TX 78758 Voice: (512) 835-8001 FAX: 8026 | -- | Jon R. Nials Email: jonn@sunriver.com | | SunRiver Corporation - or - | | 11500 Metric Blvd., Suite 150 uunet!sunriv!jonn | | Austin, TX 78758 Voice: (512) 835-8001 FAX: 8026 |
shimizu@future.jit.dec.com (Hidetoshi Shimizu) (06/07/91)
I've been using SCO-ODT and COMPAQ same as your configration.
I can use a tape, but I useally use device is /dev/rct0.
Please will you try again, use /dev/rct0.
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email: h_shimizu@tkov50.enet.dec.comwul@sco.COM (Wu Liu) (06/09/91)
/--jonn@sunriver.com said... | We are having a problem running a compaq tape drive on a Compaq | Deskpro under ODT 1.1. The interface card is set up for IRQ 5, | Wangtek type, DMA channel 3 on instructions from Compaq, and linked | the kernal with those settings under mkdev tape. Unfortunately, the | tape drive still will not work. When I try and do 'tape status', it | says that /dev/xct0 is an unknown device or address. I really need to | get this tape drive working soon. Anyone out their have any | suggestions? Email or reply here, as you think appropriate. \-- Does the controller show up on a hardware listing (i.e. on the boot screen or via hwconfig)? If not, the kernel can't find the controller. If so, it's probably a mismatch in the I/O address. My guess is that it's an I/O address mismatch; what I/O address do you have it set for? The Compaq controllers I've configured only have two settings for I/O address (0x200 or 0x300), IRQ (3 or 5), and DMA (1 or 3). The default I/O address for the cartridge tape driver is 0x338, so try reconfiguring the tape driver to use 0x200 or 0x300, whatever the controller is set for, and see if that helps. -- Wu Liu -- Member, Technical Staff The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. UUCP: ...!uunet!sco!wul 400 Encinal St. Internet: wul@sco.COM Santa Cruz, CA 95061