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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: old tape drive
From:       Nick Holland <nick () holland-consulting ! net>
Date:       2002-10-31 2:37:51
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Jorge Bras wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Thanks for the replys.
> 
> I got one of this from an old IBM J50.
> I've installed it, on an i386 machine, and the scsi board detected the tape,
> obsd have detected the scsi board but not the tape, at leats I couldn't get
> any info from dmesg that told me the opposite.

That's why you need to show _us_ the dmesg...
The answer is almost certainly there...

There is a difference between "detecting" a SCSI board and
"supporting" it.  Wild guess, but I suspect this is where your problem
is.

> Also tried to do a tar tvf /dev/st0, that gives me <Device not configured> .
> And I'm sure that the tape is in good shape.

To be expected if dmesg isn't picking it up...
 
> TIA,
> ./bras
> 
> ps: sorry if my english isnt so good.

wish I had an excuse... 8-)

Nick.
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