by Hi,
I recently purchased the 4-CD version of FreeBSD 2.2.6 from Walnut Creek
CD-ROM. It installs great and everything but my Backup Tape drive doesn't
work. I have posted the question on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc a couple of
times but couldn't get an answer, you guys are my last hope.
OK the tape drive is actually CTT8000 Internal IDE Minicartridge drive by
"Seagate" not CONNER with 4GB native and 8GB compressed capability. It is
connected to the primary IDE controller along with the CD-ROM (both on the
IDE port via 1 cable). I have SCSI hard drives. When the machine boots up it
actually sees the drive and echos:
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14on isa
wdc0: unit 0(atapi): <FX820s/g01>, removeable, intr,dma,iordis
wdc0: unit 1(atapi):<CONNER CTT8000-A/2.0.7>, removeble, accel, iordis
wdc0: ATAPI streaming tapes not supported yet
OK so you see it recognizes the drive as a CONNER drive not Seagate
surprisingly with the right model # and at the end it says that it is not
supported yet, what does that mean ? please don't tell me that I cannot use
it with FreeBSD.
I tried doing a dump to /dev/wdc0 but it said no such device then I tried to
do a MAKEDEV wdc0 and it said something about bad super block. I am lost and
frustrated please help ! I'm not a unix expert so please be clear on the
instructions and don't tell me to write my own driver either cause I know I
cannot do it :)
Thanks for your time and patience, I say patience cause I know you probably
get thousands of emails from clueless people like me asking stupid questions
but believe me I tried all of my resources before writing to you.
Thanks again
Russell
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