dbk@phx.mcd.mot.com (Dave Kinzer) (06/18/91)
Help!!! :^)
I am trying to get BTN tape to work on my system. The system
will hang (completely) when I try to mount the TAPE: device, requiring
three finger salute to recover. No LED Flashing or GURU.
Hardware:
A2000
A2630 (enabled/disabled, no difference)
8Meg memory board, 4 meg installed
A2090A (hard disk is ST506 type)
Archive 2150S Viper, strapped address 4, (parity on/off no difference),
16K disconnect
Software:
BTN Tape 2.0
1.3 software:
Kick V34.5
WB V34.28
hddisk.device V34.4
No ARP software, Mount command from 1.3.2 release.
/* Tape mountlist. */
TAPE: Handler = L:tape-handler
Startup = "hddisk.device/UN-7/BS-512/NB-16/C9-1"
Stacksize = 4000
Priority = 5 /* use 11 for Supra 4x4 */
GlobVec = -1
Mount = 1
#
Symptoms include:
System locks up shortly (2 sec in 68000 mode) after typing Mount TAPE:.
If I place a tape in the drive before typing above, tape drive resets
(tape is driven to BOT) when I try to mount it, then system hangs.
Does not lock up if I change unit number in mountlist to 8, but dos
requester for "TAPE:" comes up. (i.e. SCSI device being attempted
never comes ready.)
Does anyone see anything obviously wrong with the above? This seemed to
be a simple excercise but it just won't go. If anyone has a 2090A working
I would appreciate you checking the version number (I used xoper since it
resides on rom) of the hddisk.device, I have a very early 2090A and suspect
that this might be the problem.
Thank you.
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