dwayne@stratsft.UUCP (Dwayne Bailey) (03/27/91)
In work I do with Chrysler, we are evaluating ISC UNIX as a possible platform for software development. Our hardware is mostly IBM PS/2 Model 80's, with a few AT style machines thrown in. We have received ISC UNIX 2.2 for evaluation, and in going over the docs which came with it, we discovered that Interactive claims to support the Colorado Memory Systems JUMBO tape drive, as well as other QIC-40 tape drives, thru the ftape program. After a great deal of experimentation, I have come to the conclusion that "You can't get there from here." Has anyone had any luck with this combination? I've tried with and without the extra adapter board, configuring the driver as any one of several likely (and unlikely) minor device numbers, all to no avail. If I issue the command: "find . -print | cpio - | ftape -o -d 'Monday Backup' /dev/ftape" then I get an error message to the effect that there is no tape drive. From that point on, any access to /dev/ftape, or to a floppy drive, results in the message "Device Busy" until I take the system down and reboot. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ======================================================================== ..!uunet!basfpac!stratsft!dwayne ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dwayne Bailey + Strategic Software is ME, so my opinions ARE those Strategic Software + of my company! ========================================================================
dvh@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Dadid Hawke) (03/28/91)
Similar problems with 2.0.2 brought the response from ISC that the tape
driver is broke !
Contact with CMS indicates that they have a driver reported to work with
ISC and SCO - part number SU-53J. Can't verify its functions as I am
waiting for delivery - cost of the order of US$140 - more or less
David Hawke (Aust Defence Force Academy / Univ of Auckland)
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